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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-02 OrdinanceItem Number: 9.a. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY �fil COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Ordinance rezoning property located at 302-316 E. Bloomington Street from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone. (REZ24-0001) Staff Recommendation: No recommendation Attachments: REZ24-0001 - Staff Report Final w Attachments Late Correspondence. pdf PZ 2.21.24 minutes.pdf Ordinance.doc City Council correspondence - Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark STAFF REPORT To: Planning and Zoning Commission Prepared by: Melanie Comer, Planning Item: REZ24-0001 302-316 E. Bloomington St. Intern and Madison Conley, Associate Planner Date: February 21, 2024 GENERAL INFORMATION: Applicant: Owner: Contact Person: Requested Action: Purpose: Location: Location Map: Size: Existing Land Use and Zoning: Surrounding Land Use and Zoning: City of Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission 410 E Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240 (319)-356-5230 Gary Skarda 312 N Linn St Iowa City, IA 52245 garyskarda@yahoo.com City of Iowa City 410 E Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240 (319)-356-5230 Rezone from Central Business Service (CB - 2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone. To designate the property as a Local Historic Landmark. 302-316 E. Bloomington Street 0.45 acres Central Business Service (CB -2) North: Neighborhood Stabilization Residential (RNS-12) with a Comprehensive Plan: District Plan: Neighborhood Open Space District: Public Meeting Notification: File Date: 45 Day Limitation Period: BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Historic District Overlay (OHD) South: Central Business Service (CB -2) East: Central Business Service (CB -2) West: Neighborhood Stabilization Residential (RNS-12) Mixed Use Central C1 Properties within 500' of the subject property received notification of the Planning and Zoning Commission public meeting. A Landmark Designation sign was posted on the site. January 17, 2024 March 1. 2024 On October 9, 2023, the City of Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission recommended moving forward with an application to designate the property at 302-316 E. Bloomington Street, formally known as the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, as a Local Historic Landmark. Designation of a Local Historic Landmark is a rezoning process that requires rezoning the property to apply the Historic District Overlay (OHD) zone. After the Historic Preservation Commission stated its intent to move forward with a landmark designation, staff reached out to the property owner. Staff, along with the Historic Preservation Commission's Chair, met with the owner of the property to discuss the significance of the building, the landmarking process, and requirements related to historic review if landmarked. On February 8, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission considered the landmark rezoning and recommended approval by a vote of 8-0. See Attachment 3 for the staff report, which includes the architectural and historical evaluation of the property as an attachment. The HPC found that the property is significant for its role in the ethnic and commercial history of Iowa City's Northside neighborhood and as a well-preserved example of Italianate architecture and additionally met the following criteria for Local Landmark designation: • Significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archaeology and culture; • Possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, and workmanship; • Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; and • Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or represents the work of a master; or possesses high artistic values; or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. At the Historic Preservation Commission's meeting the property owner, Gary Skarda, stated that he did not support the rezoning. Several members of the public expressed their support of the rezoning at the meeting. Additional correspondence regarding the rezoning is included in Attachment 4. 3 ANALYSIS Current Zoning: The property is currently zoned Central Business Service (CB -2) zone. The purpose of the CB -2 zone is primarily to serve as a transition between intense land uses in the Central Business Service district and adjoining areas. Proposed Zoning: The purpose of the Historic District Overlay Zone is to designate Local Historic Landmarks and Local Historic Districts. The property is not currently located within a Local Historic District. In order to designate the property as a Local Historic Landmark, the rezoning process is required. If designated, any exterior modifications to the building that require a regulated permit will need to go through the historic review process. In addition, the property is eligible for special exceptions (Section 14-2B-8 of the zoning code) that would allow the Board of Adjustment to waive or modify certain zoning requirements to help support the continued use of historic buildings. The property will also be eligible for financial incentives such as tax credits and the Iowa City Historic Preservation Fund. Planning and Zoning Commission Review: Designation of a Local Historic Landmark is a rezoning process; and therefore, requires a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to the City Council. Per 14-8E-1 E the Commission's role is to review the proposed designation based on its relation to the Comprehensive Plan, as well as proposed public improvements and plans for renewal of the area involved. The IC2030 Plan includes principles, goals, and strategies that are in support of the Local Landmark Rezoning. The neighborhood design principles of the comprehensive plan include Preserve Historic Resources and Reinvest in Established Neighborhoods (pg. 20). The intent of this principle is to ensure the stability and livability of the city's historic neighborhoods to preserve the culture, history, and identify of Iowa City. The Land Use section includes a goal to Continue to protect the community's historical, environmental, and aesthetic assets. Associated with that goal are the strategies to encourage the protection of natural areas and historic features and to continue support for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan. This section of the plan also notes that historic preservation policies have helped to save Iowa City's most historic buildings and have preserved the distinctive architecture of entire neighborhoods (pg. 26). The Housing section includes a goal to Preserve the integrity of existing neighborhoods and the historic nature of older neighborhoods. This goal is supported by the strategy that aims to support the Historic Preservation Commission's efforts to meet its goals (pg. 29). 302-316 E. Bloomington Street is in the Central Planning District. The Central District Plan encourages preservation of historic homes, resources, and neighborhoods, especially in areas close to the University. The introduction of the plan notes that the City has also been successful in protecting historic resources in the Central District through the adoption of historic district and conservation district overlay zones, and by bestowing historic landmark status on the area's most significant buildings and properties (pg. 9). The Northside Marketplace is included in this plan and is defined as the historic commercial neighborhood bounded by Bloomington and Jefferson Streets and North Gilbert and Dubuque Streets. The subject property is located at the northern end of this area. Although this area is close to downtown, the plan notes that it maintains a distinct identity and scale. The plan explains that some redevelopment within the Northside Marketplace is likely. However, there is a strong desire to maintain the historic mainstreet character (pg. 15, 16). Many community members also indicated that the historic character of the Northside Marketplace is one of its greatest assets (pg. 55, 56). rd Furthermore, the Northside Marketplace section contains goals and objectives that relate to the importance of the historic character of the neighborhood. This section includes Goal 1: Preserve and promote the unique aspects of the Northside Marketplace. The objectives that support this goal including establishing policies and regulations that will preserve the existing scale and mainstreet commercial character of the Northside Marketplace and protecting historic buildings as an integral part of the Northside Marketplace (pg. 57). The designation of the subject property as a Local Historic Landmark will achieve the objective related to protecting historic buildings. The Historic Preservation Plan includes several goals and objectives to achieve its overall Mission Statement: Iowa City and its citizens seek to identify, protect, and preserve the community's historic resources in order to enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of current and future generations (pg. 16). In the plan, Goal 1: Identify historic resources to Iowa City's Past, is relevant to the designation of 302-316 E. Bloomington Street as a Local Historical Landmark due to the objectives that the Historic Preservation Commission is expected to carry out. The first objective is to continue to research and evaluate historic resources through the systematic and prioritized completion of neighborhood and thematic -based historical and architectural surveys. The third objective under this goal calls for the Historic Preservation Commission to set designation priorities for historic districts and landmarks that emphasize the most important or threatened resources first. The fifth objective further encourages local landmark designations by the Historic Preservation Commission by continuing to nominate individual properties and historic districts to the National Register of Historic Places and when appropriate, pursue local designation as landmarks and historic districts for National Register properties (pg. 31-33). The plan also includes a section which discusses the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District. This historic district is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The locally designated district is referred to as the Northside Historic District. Although the subject property is not located in either of these districts, because they are residential districts, this section of the plan discusses the importance of various properties both in and outside of these districts. Objective 6 for the Gilbert -Linn Street neighborhood is to Incorporate historic preservation efforts in planning for the Northside Market Place retail district (intersecting blocks at Market, Linn, Gilbert and Bloomington streets). Within this objective the importance of the subject property is discussed. Specifically, this objective discusses promoting the preservation of architectural elements such as the Slezak Building -National Hall (pg. 83). CORRESPONDENCE: Staff has received 43 letters of public correspondence (Attachment 4) from the community in support of the proposed Local Historic Landmark rezoning. Based on testimony at the Historic Preservation Commission's public hearing, the property owner does not support the proposed Local Historic Landmark rezoning. SUMMARY: In summary, staff finds that the Local Historic Landmark rezoning of 302-316 E. Bloomington Street, from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan, including the Central District Plan and the Historic Preservation Plan, encourages pursuing local landmark designations when appropriate to provide protection for important historic resources. In the case of 302-316 E. Bloomington Street, the property has been identified as an anchor in the community with significant cultural and historic values. The history behind this property highlights the generational success and perseverance of immigrants in Iowa City. NEXT STEPS: Upon recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, the rezoning will be considered for approval by the City Council. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of REZ24-0001, an application to rezone 302-316 E. Bloomington Street from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone in order to designate it as a Local Historic Landmark. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map 2. Zoning Map 3. Staff Report to the Historic Preservation Commission; January 31, 2024 4. Correspondence Approved by: _ t� • J+ P— r Danielle Sitzman, AICP, Development Services Coordinator Department of Neighborhood and Development Services ATTACHMENT 1 Location Map `7 0 0.01 0.01 REZ24-0001 0.02 Miles E Bloomington Street Landmark Rezoning j"P e - 8 ORL—ro—Ii Prepared Sy; Melanie Comer Date Prepared; January 2024 t�—!M r.i — i �rrr■+r_r�rttirrrirrr■• CIO; = j A _ ■ r ■ ■ G ■ ■ ■ ■ ��■rrrrrrrirrr■■ -. E Bloomirgton St ILE& A rezonin to design: surround. Local Hisl District 0 ORL—ro—Ii Prepared Sy; Melanie Comer Date Prepared; January 2024 t�—!M r.i — i �rrr■+r_r�rttirrrirrr■• CIO; = j A _ ■ r ■ ■ G ■ ■ ■ ■ ��■rrrrrrrirrr■■ -. E Bloomirgton St ILE& ATTACHMENT 2 Zoning Map N 4F, S 0 0.01 0.01 0.02 Miles I i I i I REZ24-0001 E Bloomington Street Landmark Rezoning i N [ *.1: °� 7�w �♦ yS JONI804 °m s♦4®a; odii� °t� ♦ °WIT a Prepared Ry; Melanie Comer Date Prepared: January 2024 • — i . -gin 4A L • . w ■ yy ■ ■ 4 ■ ■ ■ ■ E Bloomirgton St ATTACHMENT 3 Staff Report to the Historic Preservation Commission; January 31, 2024 ®® t��=Zn Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission City Hall, 410 E Waslvngton Street, Iowa City. IA. 52240 Memorandum Date: January 31, 2024 To: Historic Preservation Commission From: Jessica Bristow, Historic Preservation Planner Re: 302-316 East Bloomington Street, Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Background The Historic Preservation component of the Comprehensive Plan encourages the identification and preservation of properties and neighborhoods that are significant to Iowa City's architecture and culture. Towards achieving this goal, the Commission designated the first group of local landmarks in 1996. This first group included many of the properties that were previously listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Even while this group of local designations was still in process, the Commission began a list of properties for their next group of local landmarks, including properties that were eligible for listing in the National Register. In 2015, as part of the Commission's work plan, they created another list of properties that were prioritized for local landmark designation because they were not located in local districts. The Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, at 302-316 East Bloomington Street, appears on both lists of significant Iowa City properties. This building has been owned by the same family since it was built from 1875 to 1880. Even without designation as a local landmark, the building has been cared for as a preservationist would recommend with exterior elements being repaired instead of replaced for almost 150 years. On October 9, 2023, the Commission discussed moving forward an application to designate the property at 302-316 E. Bloomington Street as a Local Historic Landmark. Designation of the property as an Iowa City Historic Landmark will require Commission approval of any significant changes to the exterior of the building. Landmark status will also make the property eligible for special exceptions that would allow the Board of Adjustment to waive or modify certain zoning requirements and for State Tax Credit funding of rehabilitation work. The property would also be eligible for the City's Historic Preservation Fund to help with exterior repair work. Since the HPC's October 91" meeting, staff, the Commission Chair, and the property owner met to discuss the landmark designation. At this meeting staff explained what it means to own a property that is designated as a Local Historic Landmark. Staff also discussed the process by which the landmark status is evaluated. After this initial meeting with the property owner, Friends of Historic Preservation hired local historian, Jennifer Price, to complete the site inventory form that documents the history, integrity, and significance of the property (see attachment). The first part of the local landmark designation process is the public hearing before the Commission, which is scheduled for February 8, 2024. Analysis Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission City Hall, 410 E Washington Street, Iowa City. IA. 52240 The site inventory form for the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building evaluates the property according to the National Register criteria as required by the state. For National Register listing, all properties must be significant and exhibit appropriate historic integrity. These two conditions are equivalent to criteria A and B of the local landmark process listed below. National Register listings must be significant in at least one of four applicable criteria which are equivalent with criteria C through F as shown below. In the review of Local Historic Landmarks, it is the role of the Commission to determine whether the property meets criterion A and B and also whether it meets at least one of the criteria C, D, E, or F: a. Significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archaeology and culture; b. Possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship; c. Associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; d. Associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; e. Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; or represents the work of a master; or possesses high artistic values; or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; f. Has yielded or may likely yield information important in prehistory or history. As Jennifer Price determined that the building has both the significance and integrity required for National Register listing, staff finds that the building is significant to Iowa City architecture and culture and exhibits recognizable integrity (Local Criteria A and B). The Site Inventory Form summarizes the cultural importance of the building to the Iowa City community because it is "associated with both the ethnic and commercial history of Iowa City's Northside neighborhood." As Price continues, "the complex of brick Italianate style commercial buildings at the corner of East Bloomington and North Linn Streets was a one-stop shopping, dining, lodging, entertainment, and cultural center for the over- growing Bohemian -American community in Iowa City and northern Johnson County." The National Hall on the second floor "was home to Iowa City's many Bohemian fraternal and community organizations that used the hall for their meetings and housed a comprehensive cultural library." Even by 1900 the building was considered "one of the landmarks of this city." The building was built and operated by Joseph Slezak for 25 years and then it was run by his son-in- law Joseph Holub. As originally built, the building consisted of the two-story portion on the corner that included two stores on the first floor with a saloon and dining hall accessed around the corner from Linn Street. The second floor was the fraternal hall with dance floor, stage, and a balcony. The three-story building behind was a boarding house. Along the alley a carriage house had laundry and sleeping rooms on the upper floors. Adjacent to the carriage house on the east was the stable and feed barn. By 1920, the boarding house was running as a hotel and the stable was converted to a garage. Later, about 1930, Holub remodeled the hotel and hall into apartments, creating a large storage attic in the vaulted space above the former National Hall. The former stable/garage became a laundromat in 1958 and Pizza Palace/Pagliai's Pizza moved into the grocery space in 1969. Based on the information in the Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission City Hall, 410 E Washington Street, Iowa City. IA. 52240 Site Inventory Form, staff finds that the building is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history (Local Criterion C). As stated in the Site Inventory Form the Slezak/Holub Building is a remarkably well-preserved example of commercial Italianate architecture. It features a two -bay storefront that was remodeled 55 years ago for the Pizza Palace (with the tile base likely introduced in the 1930s). Above the sign board that covers the storefront transom area, there is a mid-level bracketed cornice with dentils below narrow round - arched windows with brick hoodmolds. The upper portion of these windows was closed with beadboard at the time of the 1930s remodel. The building is topped by a heavy bracketed cornice and a Baroque pediment that is similar to architectural details found in 19'" century Central European architecture familiar to Bohemian immigrants, such as Slezak. The saloon entrance off Linn Street was bricked in at some point and a single window was also bricked in. The three-story Holub Apartments has a projecting entrance (likely from the 1930s remodel), more decorative, cast hoodmolds over the windows and a more elaborate cornice with triglyphs and metopes between brackets. The carriage house is a simple brick building with synthetic siding on the south wall and mid-century 2 -over -2 horizontal lite window sashes. The laundromat is a brick building with large gable and sliding stable door evident on the alley side and large Baroque pediment on the street-fagade. Because of its Baroque pediments, unique in Iowa City, and the Italianate commercial style, that has not been altered in many years, staff finds that the building also embodies the distinctive characteristics of its type and is also eligible for local landmark designation for its architecture (Local Criterion E). Based on the information provided in the Site Inventory Form, staff finds that the property meets criteria A, B, C, and E and therefore qualifies as a Local Historic Landmark. Next Steps Following the recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission, the rezoning application establishing the Historic District Overlay zone will be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Planning and Zoning Commission will review the proposal for compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and make a recommendation to the City Council. The City Council will then hold a public hearing and consider the recommendations of the Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission before deciding whether to establish the historic overlay zone, creating the Local Landmark Designation. Recommended Motion: Move to approve the designation of 302-316 East Bloomington Street, the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, as a Local Historic Landmark based on the following criteria for local designation: criteria A, B, C, and E. Attachments: Property Location map Iowa Site Inventory Form 52-00602 Slezak -Holub-Skarda Building Letter of support from Marty Boller Letter of support from Marybeth Slonneger Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission City Hall, 410 E Washington Street, Iowa City. IA. 52240 Property location map for the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, adjacent local districts, and nearby local landmarks (stars). ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL EVALUATION OF Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building 302-316 E. Bloomington Street Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa Iowa Site Inventory Form No. 52-00602 r Prepared for Friends of Historic Preservation P.O. Box 2001 Iowa City, IA 52244 Prepared by Jennifer A. Price, PhD Price Preservation Research P.O. Box 5201 Coralville, Iowa 52241-0201 January 2024 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Inventory Number: 52-00602 ❑ New M Supplemental State Historic Preservation Office 9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance (R&C) Number: (July 2014) ❑ Non-extant Year: Read the Iowa Site Inventory Form Instructions carefully, to ensure accuracy and completeness before completing this form. The instructions are available on our website: htto://www.iowahistorv.oro/historic- preservation/statewide-inventory-and-collections/iowa-site-inventory-form. html • Property Name A) Historic name: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building B) Other names: Narodni Sin: National Hall: Slezak Hotel: Holub & Son Grocerv: Holub Apartments: Pagliai's Pizza • Location A) Street address: 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts B) City or town:lowa Ci tv (❑ Vicinity) County:Johnson C) Legal description: Rural: Township Name:_ Township No.: Range No.: Section:_ Otr: of Qtr: Urban: Subdivision: Original Town Plat Block(s): 57 Lot(s): 5 and part of 6 • Classification A) Property category: check onlyone B) Number of resources (within property): M Building(s) If eligible property, enter number of., If non-eligible property, ❑ District Contributing Nonc ntributinq enter number of., ❑ Site 1 Buildings _ _ Buildings ❑ Structure _ Sites _ _ Sites ❑ Object _ Structures _ _ Structures Ob'ects Ob'ects 1 Total Total C) For properties listed in the National Register: National Register status: ❑ Listed ❑ De-listed ❑ NHL ❑ NPS DOE D) For properties within a historic district: ❑ Property contributes to a National Register or local certified historic district. ❑ Property contributes to a potential historic district, based on professional historic/architectural survey and evaluation. ❑ Property does not contribute to the historic district in which it is located. Historic district name: Historic district site inventory number: E) Name of related project report or multiple property study, if applicable: MPD title Historical Architectural Data Base # • Function or Use Enter categories (codes and terms) from the Iowa Site Inventory Form Instructions A) Historic functions B) Current functions 02E11 COMMERCE/specials store/grocery 02G COMMERCE/restaurant 01 D01 DOMESTIC/transitory housing/hotel 02A08 COMMERCE/business/laundry 03A04 SOCIAL/meeting hall/hall of patriotic organization 011302 DOMESTIC/multiple dwelling/apartment building • Description Enter categories (codes and terms) from the Iowa Site Inventory Form Instructions Al 11 ...6:•.. d.....1 -1---iiia 61- Ql RA -6-1-1- 05B LATE VICTORIAN/Italianate 09F03 OTHER/Commercial/Arcaded Block Foundation (visible exterior): 04 STONE Walls (visible exterior): 03 BRICK Roof: 05 METAL Other: C) Narrative description 0 SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED Site Number: 52-00602 Address: 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts City:Iowa City County; Johnson • Statement of Significance A) Applicable National Register Criteria: Mark your opinion of eligibility after applying relevant National Register criteria Criterion A: Property is associated with significant events. ® Yes ❑ No ❑ More research recommended Criterion B: Property is associated with the lives of significant persons. ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ More research recommended Criterion C: Property has distinctive architectural characteristics. ® Yes ❑ No ❑ More research recommended Criterion D: Property yields significant information in archaeology/history. ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ More research recommended B) Special criteria considerations: Mark any special considerations; leave blank if none ❑ A: Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. ❑ E: A reconstructed building, object, or structure. ❑ B: Removed from its original location. ❑ F: A commemorative property. ❑ C: A birthplace or grave. ❑ G: Property less than 50 years of page or ❑ D: A cemetery achieved significance within the past 50 years. C) Areas of significance Enter categories from instructions 02 ARCHITECTURE 05 COMMERCE D) Period(s) of significance 1875-1969 E) Significant dates F) Significant person Construction date Complete if Criterion B is marked above 1875 ❑ check if circa or estimated date Other dates, including renovations c.1930 (apts): 1938 (storefront): 1969 (store interior) G) Cultural affiliation H) Architect/Builder Complete if Criterion D is marked above Architect Builder/contractor 1) Narrative statement of significance ® SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED • Bibliography ® See continuation sheets for the list research sources used in preparing this form Geographic Data Optional UTM references ❑ See continuation sheet for additional UTM or comments Zone Easting Northing NAD Zone Easting Northing NAD • Form P Name and Title: Jennifer A. Price/Consultant Date:January 2024 Organization/firm: Price Preservation Research E-mail:price preservationresearchCa)gmai1.corn Street address: P.O. Box 5201 Telephone:319.594.9513 City or Town: Coralville State: IA Zip code:52241-0201 • ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION Submit the following items with the completed form A) For all properties, attach the following, as specified in the Iowa Site Inventory Form Instructions: 1. Map of property's location within the community. 2. Glossy color 4x6 photos labeled on back with property/building name, address, date taken, view shown, and unique photo number. 3. Photo key showing each photo number on a map and/or floor plan, using arrows next top each photo number to indicate the location and directional view of each photograph. 4. Site plan of buildings/structures on site, identifying boundaries, public roads, and building/structure footprints. B) For State Historic Tax Credit Part 1 Applications, historic districts and farmsteads, and barns: See lists of special requirements and attachments in the Iowa Site Inventory Form Instructions. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Use On/v Below This Line The SHPO has reviewed the Site Inventory and concurs with above survey opinion on National Register eligibility: ❑ Yes ❑ No ❑ More research recommended ❑ This is a locally designated property or part of a locally designated district. Comments: SHPO authorized signature: Date: Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION The Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building is located at the northeast corner of N. Linn Street and E. Bloomington Street on the north side of Iowa City, seat of Johnson County in eastern Iowa. The property is bordered on the west and north sides by the southern boundary lines of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, a National Register -listed residential historic district containing a large neighborhood of late nineteenth and early twentieth century houses. Although it is outside the boundaries of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building is visually part of the district both architecturally and historically and is a familiar landmark in the overall Northside neighborhood of Iowa City. Along the west side of the property, N. Linn Street retains its original brick paving. Across Bloomington Street to the south is a large, paved lot that provides overflow parking for Pagliai's Pizza — the commercial tenant in the main level store unit since 1969 — and other nearby businesses, including Hamburg Inn No. 2 just south of the parking lot. The surroundings to the southeast, south, and southwest feature a mix of late - nineteenth to mid -twentieth-century commercial buildings, historic residential buildings repurposed for commercial use, and a modern condominium building at the southwest corner of N. Linn and E. Bloomington streets. The subject property is a complex of four adjoining brick buildings built from 1875 to the 1880s that together form an L -shape around a central courtyard and parking lot with access to E. Bloomington Street. The entire Slezak Block complex is comprised of the main two-story brick block (40 by 80 feet) built on the northeast corner of N. Linn and E. Bloomington streets; a three-story brick Italianate style hotel addition (38 by 42 feet) built adjoining the rear of the main building with entrance on N. Linn Street; a two-story hotel addition (22 by 72 feet) adjoined to rear of the hotel addition and extending east along the north property line that originally held a carriage house, laundry, and sleeping rooms; and the laundromat (34 by 80 feet) — originally the stables and later a garage — built adjoining the east end of the carriage house and extending south to face E. Bloomington Street. The main building, 302 E. Bloomington Street, was built by Joseph Slezak in 1875 in the commercial Italianate style. The building has brick exterior walls, a front gabled roof clad in metal with three ventilators spaced evenly along the ridgeline. The front -gabled roof is hidden on the south side fagade by "a wooden pediment with Baroque curves. Below this is a heavy, projecting, wooden cornice with single, widely -spaced windows with three sashes, the upper section of which is boarded up. Around the semi -circular window tops the raised brick molding forms a rectangular panel. At the top of the first story is a less extended cornice' (Alexander 1970). The storefront was remodeled in 1938, creating a single central recessed tiled entry with wood and glass entry door, black tiled bulkheads, and plate glass windows. In 1969, the store interior was remodeled to house the pizza parlor that is still located there nearly 55 years later. "The second -story cornice extends along the east and west sides with upper - story windows repeating those of the south fagade. On the west side was a second entrance, leading to apartments, using cast iron elements and large glass windows. This has been bricked up and the present entrance is to the north" (Alexander 1970). The three-story northern addition (308-312 N. Linn Street) was built as a hotel and is five bays wide with a central entrance. It is also built of brick with a front -gabled roof. "The fagade is topped by a high cornice with a version of triglyph and metope ornament, and single, widely spaced brackets. All openings are topped by very plastic pressed tin arches with delicate inset floral ornament of an Eastlake character, the kind of tool used in the 1880s. The cornice continues around the building. Windows on the sides and back are topped by a segmental arch with a separate molding formed by protruding brick" (Alexander 1970). The adjoining two-story rear addition (former carriage house) has a flat roof and an entrance on the narrow west side, with the addresses 310-314 N. Linn Street. The segmental arch windows have newer 1/1 double hung sash windows. The south fagade, clad in vinyl siding, overlooks the small courtyard and parking lot. A central entry door and overhead garage door near the east endwall are features of the fagade. The easternmost addition (316 E. Bloomington Street) is also built of brick with a front -gabled roof hidden by a curved Baroque pediment that complements the one on the main building. "The curving features of the Baroque Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City pediment is executed in brick (rather than wood like the main building) and outlined in wood" (Alexander 1970). It served originally as a barn with stables for the horses of hotel guests. The building was converted by 1920 to a heated garage. In 1953, it housed a linen service, and in 1958, it was remodeled into a coin-operated laundromat. The brick fagade and the brick portion of the Baroque pediment appear to have been stuccoed and painted white. The recessed central entrance is flanked by two square fixed store windows. This storefront configuration (and perhaps the stucco as well) likely dates to 1958, when it was remodeled into the coin-operated laundromat that it remains today. Statement of Integrity In 1996, consultants Molly Myers Naumann and Brian Schultes — in their Survey and Evaluation of the Dubuque/Linn Corridor, Iowa City, Iowa — determined the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building one of 10 sites that "appear to be individually significant" and likely "eligible for the NRHP and/or local landmark designation' (Naumann and Schultes 1996:10). Although the fifth -generation owner chose not to pursue National Register listing or local landmark status at the time of the survey, he has continued to maintain the historic building complex to a high degree. The building, therefore, remains deserving of local landmark designation and meets the seven aspects of integrity (location, setting, design, workmanship, materials, feeling, and association) that make it individually eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building complex is in its original location at the northeast corner of E. Bloomington and N. Linn Streets. Although the immediate surroundings to the east south and southwest have changed in the past 50 years (see Site Plan in Additional Documentation), the Slezak-Holub- Skarda Building is a landmark that anchors the south boundaries of the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, a well- preserved National Register -listed residential district of houses dating to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (see Site Plan in Additional Documentation). View looking north at the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, home of Pagliai's Pizza since 1969. Photo by Price Preservation Research, December 2023 The original footprint and design of this Italianate style building complex is intact, and the workmanship and materials of the original builders is visible on all sides. Extant original character -defining features — including the face brick, fenestration pattern, hood molds, brackets and cornices, and Baroque pediments — have been preserved throughout periods of remodeling and repurposing. The Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building conveys a feeling of time and place of a late -nineteenth-century Italianate commercial block — even with its modern commercial tenants — that the building's original owners and customers would instantly recognize. The building is now thoroughly associated with Pagliai's Pizza, which has been located here since 1969, and yet the entire complex has been remarkably preserved so that its modern uses do not overwhelm the building's character -defining features or its historic association with the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District and Northside neighborhood of Iowa City. Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building is locally significant and individually eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion A, the building is a landmark associated with both the ethnic and commercial history of Iowa City's northside neighborhood. Begun by Joseph Slezak in 1875 and completed in the 1880s, the complex of brick Italianate style commercial buildings at the corner of E. Bloomington and N. Linn streets was a one-stop shopping, dining, lodging, entertainment, and cultural center for the ever-growing Bohemian - American community in Iowa City and northern Johnson County. Even the curved Baroque pediment recalled the Central European architecture that would have been familiar to Slezak and his fellow immigrants. His second -floor hall, known as Narodni Sin, or National Hall, was home to Iowa City's many Bohemian fraternal and community organizations that used the hall for their meetings, and housed a comprehensive cultural library. The hall also included a dance floor, a stage, and balcony, and was the venue for numerous dances, parties, sporting events, and staged entertainments over its four decades of existence. Slezak himself operated his commercial and cultural complex (hotel, hall, saloon, and grocery/dry goods store) for 25 years, specifically serving Solon, Swisher, Shueyville, and rural Johnson County farmers, who came to town for market day or to visit the nearby hospitals. By 1900, just before Joseph Slezak turned over the businesses of the grocery, hall, and hotel to his son-in-law, Joseph F. Holub, the Slezak Block with its popular National Hall was already considered, as the Iowa City Daily Republican stated, "one of the landmarks of this city." Holub took over the property in 1909, continuing the hall, rooming house, and grocery store into the late 1920s and early 1930s. Holub remodeled the hall and rooming house into modern apartments around 1930, essentially creating the commercial property that it remains today. The additions of the laundromat in the former stable/garage in 1958 and Pagliai's Pizza in the former grocery store in 1969 have added more recent layers to the historical significance of this beloved 149 -year-old property that has passed through five generations of the same family and continues to be a landmark in Iowa City. Under Criterion C, the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building is a remarkably well-preserved example of commercial Italianate architecture. As Molly Myers Naumann wrote in her Survey and Evaluation of the Dubuque/Linn Street Corridor in 1996: "This two story brick commercial building from 1875 (with three story addition...) is individually eligible as a fine example of Italianate commercial design. It features tall slender round arched windows on the second floor with simple brick hoodmolds, while on the first floor the windows are segmental arched with brick hoods. The three story addition has more elaborate cast hoodmolds. A bracketed wooden cornice surrounds both sections. Relatively few alterations have been made over the years, but these include: bricking in an entrance on the secondary (west) facade and putting in two small modern windows, bricking in a doorway on the west elevation, installation of smaller windows at the second floor level, creating a new brick foyer or vestibule entry to the rear wing, and new plate glass windows and entry door on the storefront." Although changes to the building over the past nine decades "sound extensive," according to Naumann, the building's overall integrity remains very high. Moreover, each of its remodels (c.1930, 1936, 1958, and 1969) are now over 50 years of age and thus part of the historic fabric. These changes are unobtrusive and do not diminish the building's overall architectural integrity or its original character -defining features, which include the unique curved Baroque pediment, the complementary pediment on the former stable/laundromat, arched fenestration, hood molds, and bracketed cornices. The entire building complex remains individually eligible for the National Register and would be a contributing resource, as Naumann wrote in 1996, "in any historic district that includes Linn Street." The preliminary period of significance for the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building is 1875 to at least 1969, from the year the main building was completed and put into service to the year the store unit remodel was completed and Pagliai's "Pizza Palace" opened for business. History of the Siezak-Holub-Skarda Building, 1875-1975 By 1850, new residents to Iowa City included many immigrants from Bohemia (the area of Central Europe known today as the Czech Republic). They mainly settled in Cedar Rapids and Linn County, Johnson County north of Iowa City, and in the eastern part of Iowa City's Northside neighborhood, which came to be known as Goosetown Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City (Naumann 1996;E-6). "Arriving in Linn County, Iowa, around 1855, Johann (John/Jan) and Anna Sichrova Slezak came from P"rivrat, Bohemia, a village in the Usti Nad Orlici District in the Pardubice Region of today's Czech Republic" (Boller 2023). By 1870, the Slezaks were living in Monroe Township in Johnson County and in 1872 — fours year before his death — Johann (John) Slezak purchased Lots 5 & 6 in Block 57 of the Original Plat of Iowa City. This property, located at the corner of N. Linn and E. Bloomington streets, had been home to the State "Blind Asylum," which was in 1872 "an old stone building" built in 1853 that had been sitting unused since that institution was moved to Vinton in 1862. In March 1874, the Slezaks deeded the property to their oldest son Joseph ("Joe") (1847-1912) (Iowa Anti Monopolist, March 27, 1874). Two months later, Joe Slezak had moved into the "old Blind Asylum" and opened a grocery store and National Hall, or "Narodni Sin' in Czech (Iowa State Press, May 19, 1875; History of Johnson County Iowa 1883;75-76). 3,�, . 57 The complete Slezak building complex as shown on the 1888 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Source: Library of Congress website When the old Blind Asylum was badly damaged by fire a year later in May 1875, Joe Slezak tore it down and began construction of his own building to house his grocery and National Hall. The result was an Italianate style two-story brick block with an unusual Baroque pediment (Iowa Anti Monopolist, May 1, 1874; Iowa State Press, May 19, 1875). When it opened in November 1875, the main building featured two store units, a dining room, and saloon on the main floor, while the second floor served as a large meeting and dance hall and likely hotel rooms in the rear. Upstairs, the National Hall, or Narodni Sin, included a dance floor, a stage, and balcony, and would be the venue for numerous meetings, dances, parties, sporting events, and staged entertainments over the next four decades. BLOOM I N Slezak's Hotel, or "Farmer's Home," was officially opened on November 1, 1875, and his National Hall (or "Narodni Sin') was opened on November 15, 1875. Slezak advertised both grand openings in the local Bohemian language newspaper, Slovan Americky (Slovan Americky, October 28, 1875; Boller 2023; Jacobsen [19811:12). Slezak sought especially to cater to farmers living in rural Johnson County, who regularly traveled by horse and wagon into Iowa City on market days to trade their farm products and purchase goods on Iowa Avenue, the city's main marketplace and just blocks from Slezak Hall. Because these trips to town often included an overnight stay, entrepreneurs like Joe Slezak "opened farmers hotels,' offering inexpensive overnight boarding that also included a hearty meal and a stable where farmers could safely park their horses & wagons' (Boller 2023). After the grand openings, Iowa City's other newspapers praised Slezak and his new brick block: The "National," the new Bohemian hotel built on the site formerly occupied by the old Blind Asylum, was completed last week. The splendid hall on the second story was dedicated on Monday night by a grand ball, participated in by over 400 persons. The structure cost $8,000, and is the property of [Joseph] Slezack [sic] (Iowa City Republican, November 17, 1875). Mr. Slezack [sic] has built, on the site of the old Blind Asylum, a most creditable brick structure, in which is the finest and best proportioned public hall in town. This new building will be the home of the Ochotnik and other Bohemian societies and there will be their library, one of the largest selections of Sclavic [sic] literature in the United States (Iowa City Daily Press, November 29, 1875). Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Slezak opened his grocery/general store and saloon at the same time, but no advertisements have been found yet announcing those features. Hurrah vIowa Ma okolil 00 IOWA CITY A OKOLL Oaoamvji timet .e9versme mi:nemY Yberenawn.e JUBFF f•1LL+`Ztfj'K bElan koMot+C,b psnamnje tlm[a vbam Niakymivadtilenfmbnkmjm v ponddl 15 listopa&, 175 Y p!f¢Yivcdm� ke YleriY 8p0)i tYnelnl bIF. RSnbY 03 evie v Hove bullous i �* M ' 40 S u R it ft dbh Ylieevop ..ki. &;*tvJm Kdo6t&obnoop Q 0�\��NY ; l. 1. "DOM6V FARMERO Ppondeli 1 kFIRM;ipkopwdq 1676 IrleagemZr Ml dAte Amy j blrbvni dam pro lid .6elekf i (DJC pcogre. 0") ,enkovola pao pi,tehy vnA,i... d p64Y4 eymvenF Velnpal.'A. so .t®. konirny. A ave ti.l. 4wky k li.,6 eAvetJ,6 a yvY tally ¢dlv0 r6 k, n6 pSmbae, k,K d i dlhuio rychj . • fidupY obalYhn. 9�y.i, t hojne nt.eierk. 51k1) SGetou Jewf8lezAk. (5Li9i 6dwn¢ JYeet Bledfc. The first advertisements for Josef "Joe" Slezak's new building appeared in the local Bohemian language newspaper, Slovan Americky. On the left, Slezak gives details of the grand opening of his new "Farmers' Home" with dining room and stables on November 1, 1875, and on the right of the grand opening of The National Hall (Narodni Sin) with a dance ball on November 15, 1875. The "Farmer's Home" was located in the original building, and the stables were nearby. The extant brick hotel, carriage house, and stables were complete by 1888. Source: Sloven Americky, October 28, 1875 Slezak added more buildings until the entire Slezak complex was complete by 1888 (see 1888 Sanborn Map). To his main brick block on the northeast corner of N. Linn and E. Bloomington streets, he added a three-story brick Italianate style hotel addition (38 by 42 feet) on the north side with entrance on N. Linn Street; an adjoining hotel addition (22 by 72 feet) to the north and extending east that originally housed a carriage house, laundry, and sleeping rooms; and a large barn with stables (34 by 80 feet) adjoined to the east end of the carriage house and extending and facing south. Altogether, the buildings formed an L -shape. Slezak intended his corner building complex to be a one-stop shopping, dining, lodging, entertainment, and cultural center for the Bohemian -American community in Iowa City and Johnson County environs. Even the building's curved Baroque pediment recalled the Central European architecture that would have been familiar to Slezak and his fellow immigrants. From 1875 to the 1910s, "Slezak's National Hotel and Hall" was home to the following Bohemian fraternal and community organizations using the hall for their meetings: Trasti (c. 1892), Zastit (1901- 15), Slovanska Lipa (1892), Forum Palacky (1904-9), and Iowa City Lodge #180 of ZCBJ (1914)" (Boller 2023; Jacobsen 1981). Slezak operated his commercial and cultural complex (hotel, restaurant, hall, saloon, and grocery/dry goods) for 25 years, specifically serving Solon, Swisher, and Shueyville and northern Johnson County farmers, many of them Bohemian immigrants, who came to town for market day or to visit the nearby hospitals and needed overnight accommodations (Jacobsen 1981; Boller 2023). In 1886, a notice in the Iowa State Press told readers Joe Slezak had turned over operation of the grocery/dry goods store "to his former clerk, Joseph F. Holub, who will continue the business at the old stand, National Hall building." Eva Slezak, Joe's wife, continued to be in charge of "the boarding house as heretofore," while Slezak continued as proprietor of the National Hall. Holub (1867-1934) eventually married the Slezaks' daughter, Anna (1872-1963), in 1892 and apparently left the Slezak store to work elsewhere until 1901 (Iowa State Press, September 29, 1886; Boller 2023). City directories show the grocery was run by Joe's son, Frank Slezak, in 1899, and again by Joe Slezak in 1901. A saloon operated by Joseph Slezak was listed in 1878, by Frank Slezak in 1899, and again by Joseph Slezak in 1901 (Jacobsen 1981). Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City By 1892, Joseph Slezak was praised by the Iowa City Weekly Republican as "Prominent among the Bohemians, "a natural leader among men," and "a man of indomitable energy." Commencing in a small way he has built up in Iowa City an extensive property occupying the site of the old blind asylum, his National Hall, a place of public meetings and social gatherings. Beneath it are two commodious store rooms devoted to groceries, dry goods and general merchandise. In the same building he conducts a well appointed hotel. Mr. Slezak has in every way deserved his success (Iowa City Weekly Republican, December 20th, 1892). In 1901, Joseph F. Holub took over the grocery store, and "all the other business ventures centered in the Slezak block:" Joseph Holub ... will succeed his father-in-law, Joseph Slezak, as proprietor of the National hall, the Farmers' home, the grocery store and all the other business ventures centered in the Slezak block. Mr. Slezak, as a hard-working, popular pioneer, has built up a great business there, and his son-in- law certainly starts an independent commercial career with a fine outlook for prosperity and fortune. As to Mr. Holub himself, everybody knows him. His connection with Gramling's, Denecke & Yetter's and Yetter's has made him acquainted with thousands of householders in Johnson county [sic]. He is a diligent, courteous and always good natured salesman, and as "his own boss" will doubtless do exceedingly well (Daily Iowa State Press, September 25, 1901). In 1909, Slezak sold the entire property to Holub: An important transfer of property has taken place through the purchase from J.J. Slezak of the property owned by the former at the corner of Linn and Bloomington streets. Mr. Holub has for some time been in active charge of the business conducted there, and is therefore familiar with the proposition which he has undertaken. The building on the site is one of the land marks [sic] of Iowa City and well built many years ago. It was a structure of fine construction and is therefore well preserved. The upper story is devoted to Dancehall and hotel purposes while on the ground floor are the grocery and saloon and the restaurant. No announcement of the consideration is made but the property is one generally valued at about $40,000. Mr. Holub will have the wish of his many friends for success in his continued business activities in his own property (Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 6, 1909). In 1919, Joseph Holub brought his son, William, into the business with him, styling themselves Holub and Son until 1933, when the name changed to Holub's Grocery (Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 24, 1933; Iowa City Press - Citizen, March 31, 1934; Iowa City Press -Citizen, May 16, 1935). Joseph Holub also continued the National Hall, which became known as Holub's Hall, until c.1926-1928, when he embarked on his long -held plans to remodel the hall and rooming house into modern apartments (Iowa City Press -Citizen, November 26, 1924). Eventually the carriage house would be remodeled into apartments, as well. He had already converted the barn and stables into a heated garage by 1920 (see 1920 Sanborn map). In 1953, the former stable/garage became the home of the Iowa City Home Linen Service (Iowa City Press- Citizen, July 23, 1953). In 1958, the building was remodeled into a coin-operated laundromat that continues today (Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 3 and 4, 1958). In 1936, I.C. Nichols and his Self Serve Grocery replaced Holub's Grocery (Iowa City Press -Citizen, April 16, 1938). In 1938, William J. Holub (1892-1975), the third generation property owner, remodeled the storefront, likely creating the single central recessed entrance that is mostly extant (Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 25, 1938). The same year, Nichols remodeled the grocery store interior (Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 25, 1938). In 1953, Raymond Tweedy purchased the business and opened Tweedy's Self Serve Grocery Store (Iowa City Press Citizen, December 30, 1953). In 1960, Val and Marilyn (Holub) Skarda, the fourth generation of the Slezak/Holub family took over. The couple moved into William Holub's former home in the building, and Val Skarda became, as his obituary in 2019 stated, "the patriarch of the Holub Apartments, an Iowa City landmark" (Iowa City Press -Citizen, June 6, 1960; Iowa City Press -Citizen, May 15, 2019). Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Tweedy's went out of business in 1968 (Iowa City Press -Citizen, November 29, 1969). One year later, Val Skarda remodeled the store unit into a "pizza house," and Armond Pagliai moved his Pizza Palace from 127 S. Clinton Street to 302 E. Bloomington. Around 1975, the name changed to Pagliai's Pizza, and it has been located there ever since. Gift Certificates or Ngliu'r T-shirts available $5.00 By 1981, as this advertisement shows, Pagliai's Pizza had become the familiar face of the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building. Today, the restaurant is part of Its historic significance. source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, December 5, 1981 - Already considered a landmark by 1900, the history of the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building was periodically the subject of the recurring feature, "A Fact A Day About FT, 77-11 Iowa City" in the Press -Citizen. Its "Narodni Sin' was an especially popular topic, �.� used as a way to talk about Iowa City's Bohemian cultural past or the "old Blind Asylum," or to reminisce generally about Iowa City's Northside neighborhood and the "good old days." During his first year writing for the Press -Citizen, Iowa City historian Irving Weber made Slezak Hall a focus of his recurring series, "How's Paghai's Pizza Your Building 10," in which he implored his readers to "Look Up!" at the upper E. Bloomington stories of the city's historic buildings. The popular history of the building appeared 302 Ph ooming3 again in Weber's book, Historical Stories About Iowa City – Volume Mcnd+,S+turd+r, a v.m.-t +•n,• 1 (1976). Weber revisited the subject again in 1981 and in 1990 to discuss historic metal roofs (Iowa City Press -Citizen, March 15, 1973; Iowa City Press -Citizen, April 18, 1981; Iowa City Press -Citizen, October 20, 1990). These remembrances of the building's history have bolstered its significance as a beloved Iowa City landmark. The additions of the Holub apartments in the former National Hall in c.1930, the Laundromat in the former stables/garage in 1958, and Pagliai's Pizza (an the Iowa City institution) in the former grocery store in 1969 have added more recent layers to the historical significance of this 149 -year-old property. The building has passed through the ownership of five generations of the same family and continues to be individually eligible for the National Register and a landmark in the Northside Neighborhood of Iowa City. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES Ad for Basket Ball and Dance, Iowa City Press -Citizen, January 20, 1925. Ad for Home Linen Service, Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 23, 1953. Ad for Holub's Grocery, Iowa City Press -Citizen, May 16, 1935. Ad for Iowa City Home Linen Service, Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 23, 1953. Ad for Going out of business sale for Tweedy's Self Serve Grocery, Iowa City Press Citizen, November 29, 1968. Ad for New Location -Store No. 2 Self Serve Stores, Iowa City Press -Citizen, April 16, 1936. Ad for Newly Remodeled Self Serve Store, Iowa City Press -Citizen, March 31, 1938. Ad for Pagliai's Pizza, Iowa City Press -Citizen, December 5, 1981. "A Fact A Day About Iowa City: `Narodni Sin,"' Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 24, 1947. 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Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION Latitude: 41.664918 Longitude: -91.531348 Location of Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building in Iowa City Base Map: Johnson County GIS12023 Imagery Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Site Plan Base Map: Johnson County GIS12023 Imagery Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City FAIRCHILD ST ■ F VI W to 7 F O' vt K m m � r J O � C7 DAVENPORT 5T Location of Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building (star) abutting the south boundary lines of the National Register -listed Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District Source: Marlys A. Svendsen, Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District National Register Nomination, 2004 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHS (Photos by Price Preservation Research, December 12, 2023) General view looking northwest Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Facade, looking north Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Looking east at Holub Apartments Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Looking southeast Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION t The L ational,l.'' the nian� Bohemian hot;i built Ot+ tht. site formerly ofrou- Oud by the old Blind '5 Asylum, Nyus e6inpleted lti t wi ek.' The splondid liall'on the5drond story Nytf-;dedicated ' on hlondii}>"ni ght' fiy' a g"rita it ball, participated iii=by over 400 'ii'ersonS. The structure cost„$8,000, _and ;s the Mr. Slezzck has built, on the site of the old Blind Asylum, a moat credita- ble brick structure. in which Is the finest and best proportioned public halt in town This new building will be the home of the Ochotnik and other Bohemian societies and there will be their library. one of the largest selec- tions of Sclaric literature in the united property of ,Toliu Slozack. 8httim _ Praise fo the grand opening of Slezak's "new Bohemian hotel” and "splendid hall," 1875 Sources: (left) Iowa City Republican, November 17,1875; (right) Iowa City Daily Press, November 29, 1875 NATIONAL HILL If Corner Linn and Bloomington Ste., IOWA CITY, IOWA. One apd alltlW, rittingeeomplete VIRI 111 IJ 110111E Is GOOD STAIMISO, GOOD BOiRDISO ASD LODGING! JOSEPH SLEZAH, Iowa City, Iowa. � Joseph Slezak. Fablbd— Ads for Joseph Slezak's National Hall with "One flight of Stairs, large Audience Room, ample Stage and Scenery," and Slezak's "Farmer's Home," 1876, offering "good stabling" and "good boarding and lodging." Sources: (left) Iowa State Press, March 2, 1876 and (right) Iowa City Daily Press, April 12, 1876 Our Bohemian fellow -citizens gave a theatrical entertainment and bull at Slezak's new hall, last night for the beuefit of the Ilcrzegovinian rebels. 3 fine crowd was out and the sunt raised gill be of value to the stiff ering Christians of the Danubc. Bohemian theatrical entertainment at Slezak's new hall, "for the benefit of the Herzegovinian rebels," 1876. Source: Iowa City Daily Press, January 18, 1876 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Car1.1.' hf7. O' v � Z I `Orizi�y if'i '-- wgle c�Ty wy��R• I SMAtc n�rorvvr t� 5 3TENERY �iV HNc[. �1 NE,4T' STEFMB SrOI�ES ! � G o. The Slezak property as shown on the 1892 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Note the saloon is gone, replaced by a new dining room and parlor. Source: Library of Congress website Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City a N 57 irk � c ji e " c Oal&ry � f1d/ 22's'• q � •I c�Lpl X �y I be zln? .?I.a 9 The Slezak property as shown on the 1899 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Carriage house and livery are still in use. Note the two dining rooms and saloon in the east store unit. Source: Library of Congress website Joe Slezak, who for many years hae conducted a grocery and saloon busi- nesa at the corner of Bloomington and Linn streets, fa going to dispose of all his property interests on account of his ill health. For a number of years the National hall, which occupies the sec- ond floor of the Slezak building, has been one of the landmarks of thla city, Joe Slezak was thinking of selling the Slezak Hall property in 1900, but instead he put his son-in-law Joseph Holub in charge of the businesses the following year. Note the Slezak building is referred to as "one of the landmarks of this city." Source: Iowa City Daily Republican, December 4th, 1900 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City l c57 if /2 Ap O 2 � X t yrs. l Z � f ��te/fries � 6 t o Is. ` 0 *yw e -- ctvv Vo O o+ ZStoreAi ,,/ I -favi 1/0 o,«vu,sr. awr I x i --1 p I N O sS 1 A 11 ;- tkil 4 ht 30Z 304 3/8 a fl ,_ The Slezak-Holub property as shown on the 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Joseph Holub had been proprietor since 1901. source: Library of Congress website Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City )oe Holub'; Climbs. i PoDalar Young Salesmru Goes I into Badness f,r Himself. I Joseph Holub bac severed his comms. - lion with Vetter's, the big atone, and f has gone into business for himself. ' He will succeed his fatherAti-low, Jo - I seph Slezak, u proprietor of the Nation - I al hall, the Farmers' home, the grocery store and all the other business ventures centered in the Shmik block. Mr. Slezak, as a hard-working, popular pioneer, has built up a great business there, and his son-in-law certainly starts . an independent commercial career with a fine outlook for prosperity and fortune. As to Lvr. Holub himself, everybody knows him. His connection with Grem- lrog's, Denecke S Vetter,s and Vetter's hu'made him acquainted with thou- sands of householders in Johnson county. He is a diligent, courteous and always good natured salesman, and as "his own boss" will doubtless do exceedingly well.; In Mr. Holub's stead, at letter's. comes Arthur Birelosr' an eeperieaeed carpet salesman, from the emporium of Orchard & Wilhelm, at Omoba. He is a thorough master of every detail of thel carpet business, and letter's are to be congratulated on securing his services. Carpet buyers in of lows City, in turn, will not fail to appreciate the presence in the big store of such a capable judge of carpets. DIT. and Mrs. Bigelow will occupy the Miller cottage on Iowa avenue. They will be cordially welcomed to Iowa City. To Mr. and Mrs. Holub, in their new field, friends wish the best of "luck." In 1901, Joseph Holub, son-in-law to . located in the Slezak Block. In 1909, he K generally valued at $40,000 ant Sources: (left) Daily Iowa State Press, S BIG PROPIRTY WAS SOLD JOS. IIOLU13 BUYS SLFZAK HALL. Also GeN the Hotel, Grocery and Saloon Bu%Jnc�ti An Important tianster cf prop- erty has taken place through tht pllrchabe from J J Slezak by Jos Holub of the propelt� owned b� tine former at the corner of Linn and Bloomington streets 11r Holub has, for some time been in active charge of the bubiness conducted there an,! is therefore familiar with th propo- ,ttion which he has undertaken. The building on tb(% %ite is ens of the land marks of Iowa Clty and while built man) Seals ago it was a structure of fine const(uctwn and j -- therefore well prebei t ed The upper ,tory rs deloted to dance hall and hotel purposes while on the ground floor ale the grocery and saloon and the restaurant No announ(enient of the consideration it- made but the property is one generally valued at about $10,000. Air Holub will ha -,e the wish of his many friends for ,,ucce%� in his continued bubiness ac- tinrtle4 in his own propert) Joe Slezak, took over the proprietorship of all the businesses iurchased the property from father-in-law, which at the time was I still considered "one of the land marks of Iowa City." eptember 25,1901; (right) Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 6, 1909 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City THE HOLUB HOTEL A -D STORE Looking northeast at Slezak-Holub Building, 1913, with signage on the pediment reading: J.F. Holub / Narodni Sin / National Hall. Holub had purchased the property in 1909. J.F. Holub Grocery was in the storefront and the Holub Hotel was at the rear. The popular National Hall (or Narodni Sin) was above the grocery store, and came to be known as Holub's Hall. source: Aurner 1913:690 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City L 13LJ ' C17 Q /96 c HD 4 1 -'�: I - FeU R7 IEL Ms S :I I L°' RJ, 7�0 01 I b ii I The Slezak/Holub property as shown on the 1920 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Note the livery stable has been remodeled into a heated 12 -car garage, but the carriage house remains, reflecting the transition from horse-drawn to motor transportation just after of World War I. Source: Library of Congress website 1 i : 1/ t- - ' yl �dZ JV// S :I I L°' RJ, 7�0 01 I b ii I The Slezak/Holub property as shown on the 1920 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Note the livery stable has been remodeled into a heated 12 -car garage, but the carriage house remains, reflecting the transition from horse-drawn to motor transportation just after of World War I. Source: Library of Congress website Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City original double storefront configuration and the tall upper -story 414 double -hung sash round -arch windows. Source: Kent Photograph Collection, V3-45, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City N 1* 1 3 it Ai Ih? O. . I L.. • WR L; sr H9L L ,�O i7 rr 16 ; 16 2 57 a 6R RAGE CapIT 17cws, NO HEAT If J I LI6Ms1ac 1 2 OI 1h 0 302 Bloomington Street as shown on the 1926 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Iowa City. Note the hotel is now a "rooming house," soon to be apartments, and the carriage house (marked D for "dwelling") has been remodeled into an extension of the rooming house. source: Library of Congress website Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City PAUNNIN,G NEW + +'MATMENTS Joseph Holub Males Plans; For Building at Corner Of Linn and Bloomington Long In the distance, but defi- nitely anticipated, is a fine apart meat house of modern type, to Oc- cupy part of the Intersection of Bloomington and Linn streets. This would be built by Mr. Toe eph Holub, who holds a lease with zeeral Years to run, on the block. This wa3 founded and built includ- ing the grocery store, the rooming quarters, and the oldtlme Naso6 ,ni Sin ("National Hall") by the late Joseph Slezak, Mr. Holub's father-in-law. It is Mr. Holub's idea to convert the hall, itself, Into the main por tion of the modern apartments he plana to erect. Hfl hopes to do this, at large expense to himself. but to his ultimate good, and to the Immediate benefit of the com- munity, after the construction, In a few Sears. is e i l In 1924, Joseph Holub made public his plans to convert the old National Hall and rooming house into modern apartments. The plans were realized before 1930. source: Iowa city Press -citizen, November 26,1924 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Basket Ball and Dance Williamsburg vs. Iowa National Guard BOLUB'S HALL ON LINN STREET Thursday, Jan. 22nd , Admission 75c 7:45 O'Clock One of the last events that took place in Holub's Hall was a basketball game and dance between Williamsburg and the Iowa National Guard in January 1925. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, January 20, 1925 Holub's Grocery Dial 5612 302 E. Bloomington "SHREDDED WHEAT" The King of Cereals "RITZ" The King of Crackers Featuring Both With ; "STRAWBERRIES" Call Holub's for FRESH FRUITS �SMPEOOE� -_ VEGETABLES ° COLD MEATS � rrvtivhv � One of the last ads for Holub's Grocery, 1935. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, May 16, 1935 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City PACE ELi7VEN NEW LOCATION—STORE NO.2 We wish to announce that Store No. 2 has been moved to 302 East Bloomington Street, formerly HOLUB'S GROCERY. FREE SOUVENIR TO EVERYONE MAKING A PURCHASE AT STOKE NO. 2 SATURDAY. In 1936, after Holub's Grocery closed for good, the Self Serve Grocery, owned by I.C. Nichols, opened a second store location at 302 E. Bloomington Street. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, April 16, 1936 New Store Front to Be Erected by Holub City Inspector Harold J. Monk Xaid today that William 13olub has received a permit for installing a new store front for the building at 302 Fast Bloomington street. Coat of the improvement. It was said, will amount to several thousand dollars. In 1938, William Holub, son of Joseph Holub and third -generation owner of the building, remodeled the storefront. This remodel is likely the extant storefront today, complete with tiled bulkheads, central recessed tiled entry, and wood and glass entry door with sidelights and transom. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 25, 1938 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City dila .41 Combined With the Opening of Our Newly Remodeled No. 2 $lore at $02 Fast Bloomington Street! CrrwAly SMele.Gquae�li�lYenfeaeh,AggFH1t.mplyf[v, nanxd Hnq Dur awnte weyxebAewxingu 1se,eM1u.dMeanyp. wywlanffawe rlnJIaenueeM .lqdaT. mNnrsr . dbMw.h[eIiwnnw. IMIeW e1•0Mwhb•e, Idcn en alwap M, ,ane I. •II lAm sEYF ar RYf SiORF$. Prices fiend In All 3 Sell Serve Stores --- Friday aodSaturday Only! No JELL-O u 4° Parking Salmon. 2 25c I�r. Y. WWaNW•en Els e•ne,Y.Y ygNA`Y ave.nAe.+•� •e..mWNn3.Mr MTVW WerlW gab niJn nn{p. sK. Yrr•r WR•, n mJ TM e{. •nLly M. nn• dw�N Wk me! mM nw. n..iW %wl YtlA W � W _•b• In 1938, Self Serve Stores completed an interior remodel of their No. 2 store at 302 East Bloomington Street. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, March 31, 1938 FIRE CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE Smoke, Water Damage Estimated at SUN To Buildings Fire which brake oat In a bp - "IUM ala" e,.Vd by T. J. Oet- amr end located M Of HOW a a trnent building at 30a North r Gm Atmel. cauvad damage sero r mated Eetwem 33.w.rd $1,000 6 nn MIMIu um OdAy. It M behaved. Fire Chief J. J. r Clack dtatal, that oily raga=auaa r Zaq fim which eterled anout Oda o'clock n.noley night Flmmlrn inpeeded to the call, and, because a the great .meant 0 reeks end Imatwn of the m•m, t the glia rhirr ordeml Inc accord ahtn,'orf duty at the lime, to ra t pert el the Beene. t Most of the dnnage uas wuAed f by atholte and water and was not arty eaonfired lU Inn ane -roam Im- 1 dleum star, but elm to Or epa[I. f ment budding and an ndj..nt .pacer, atom FiremeU mmnWM at the a far nearly Iwo noun. the flre chW said. This story about a fire in the Holub Apartments reveals a linoleum store located in the building at 304 N. Linn Street. This was probably located in the space behind the grocery store originally occupied by the saloon and dining room. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 9, 1940 wr�M�.m,. Matches 17c r pia J W _v r.: Peaches 2 33` Y. WWaNW•en Els e•ne,Y.Y ygNA`Y ave.nAe.+•� •e..mWNn3.Mr MTVW WerlW gab niJn nn{p. sK. Yrr•r WR•, n mJ TM e{. •nLly M. nn• dw�N Wk me! mM nw. n..iW %wl YtlA W � W _•b• In 1938, Self Serve Stores completed an interior remodel of their No. 2 store at 302 East Bloomington Street. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, March 31, 1938 FIRE CAUSES MUCH DAMAGE Smoke, Water Damage Estimated at SUN To Buildings Fire which brake oat In a bp - "IUM ala" e,.Vd by T. J. Oet- amr end located M Of HOW a a trnent building at 30a North r Gm Atmel. cauvad damage sero r mated Eetwem 33.w.rd $1,000 6 nn MIMIu um OdAy. It M behaved. Fire Chief J. J. r Clack dtatal, that oily raga=auaa r Zaq fim which eterled anout Oda o'clock n.noley night Flmmlrn inpeeded to the call, and, because a the great .meant 0 reeks end Imatwn of the m•m, t the glia rhirr ordeml Inc accord ahtn,'orf duty at the lime, to ra t pert el the Beene. t Most of the dnnage uas wuAed f by atholte and water and was not arty eaonfired lU Inn ane -roam Im- 1 dleum star, but elm to Or epa[I. f ment budding and an ndj..nt .pacer, atom FiremeU mmnWM at the a far nearly Iwo noun. the flre chW said. This story about a fire in the Holub Apartments reveals a linoleum store located in the building at 304 N. Linn Street. This was probably located in the space behind the grocery store originally occupied by the saloon and dining room. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, February 9, 1940 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City A Fad A Day About Iowa City `Narodni Sin' One hundred yearn ago, to far off Bohemia, on February 19, 1847, the second of Mr. and Mix. John Slezak's 10 children was born. The parenta christened him Joseph, and after 1870 r when the family became residents of Johnson county, the child, then approaching his 21st year, was known as "Joe" to many hundreds of Iowa City and Johnson county people. 1 Joacph S]eaek was the owmer of t the big structure at the Interseo- tion of Unn and Bloomington street., long known Tile Its Bohem- i len title, "Narodni Sin", and like- , wine, Its English aspic, "National Hall". It llkewlse bare at times, i the patronymic of Its owner, being styled the "Slezak Hall" and "Sle- aak Hotel", Interchangeably. The aldllme "lows School for the Deaf" —as Ila modem successor la known —wan located on the corner tract l occupied by the Sleaak property. The Insntutlon In queation bore a lens euphonious, nr, at least, less euphemistic name in than long. _ gone days. It was than called the s "Deaf and Ihsmb Asylum," Subsequently, the state elected c Council Bluffs as the site of the ir- r sitution, sad there it hu been ever since. The Council Bluffs school was dealrnyed by fire In 1002• and f a fireproof building rose from the t ashes, it Cares for Soo pupae, - Iowa City'* "psylura", of course, t had far fewer students. t The school waa founded hero in esplred. It Is a question whether congress will put tacit alien Can - trots• Alia it fa s question whether 11 would be wine for the govern- ment to raise prices again, lust to get the farmers to market food supplies now held on farms. The valeta of the publicity cam- paign N 1948 was to explain the aherteges to the piibllc. psycho- logically, It helped make people satisfied with the smaller supplies of meet and cereals available. But this appeal to the great heart of file American people wasn't the only thing which brought out the extra food that prevented the war- torn world from atarving. Practical food met, who have been all through this battle of food production. price control, returning and postwar relief, am in general agreement that voluntary food ra. tioning wouldn't do any more now, 1955, the very year that the elder Slezeks and their family arrived In America, alter a long, hard jour- ney acro"the Atlantic. The fun- ily located in Lan county, when' Joseph was about eight years of age. John 8leaak, a farmer In his European hlrthland, farmed in Linn county for years before be removed to Johnson county, where be passed away at 84. Joseph Sleaak wed Was Eva Ti. also a Relive of Bohemia, The ceremony was performed In 1970, end later that year, the couple re- moved to Iowa City. Even as the parents of the young Town CBlan gave him nine h ath- cre and staters, Be, too. the son and daughter-in-law followed the prof ile standard of their elders, aria, following the acrlpturat in. Junctlon to "bring forth after their own kind' - became the parents of, An even da,wn sone and daughtcra One of the best-known weal Anna, who became the wife or Jo- seph Holub, who, for years after) Lar. Slezak died, conducted the big block, which has housed a "ferm- en' home", dance hall, meeting place for literary, dramatic, and other organizations, madem flats, and a grocery store. Tragedy invaded the Joseph She - ask home years ago, when one sen, William, tvu fatally shot in a Gruel accident. In old Lucas trnonship and else- where, Joseph Slerak accumulated valuable properties, as the years brough him prosperity and wealth. In the fraternal world, he was Identfit ed with the Odd Fellows, the A.O.U.W., and with two big Ba- hemlan - American brotherhoods, Ne Slovanaka Lipa and C.&RS. In politics, be was a leadnig member of, and worker In, the Democratic party. In that organ- ization, be was a Third ward pow. er for many years. -,J, E- R. 1 A history of Joseph Slezak and his famous hall was the subject of the popular column "A Fact A Day About Iowa City" In the Press -Citizen In 1947. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 24, 1947 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Raymond Tweedy Buys 'self Serve Grocery ---- From Ralph Westcol - - Raymond Tweedy has purchas. ed the Self Serve grocery, 302 &A Bloomington street, from Ralph weetcottr it is kulaunced Mr. Tweedy has been associated with the Self serve grocery for the last three years. He said today that after January 1 the store frould be Operated Oa a crib and carry basis but that delivery serv- ice will be continued. Mr. Westeott has been in the grocery business for the last 30 yeah in Iowa City. He purchased the Self Serve grocery 11 years SELF SERVE GROCERY' oaA-IlP.M° IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! WE ARE CLOSING OUR DOORS FOR GOOD ON DECEMBER 4. DISCOUNTS UP TO 20%O OFF THIS INCLUDES: LINEN 2—Detkvre meat orales 1—Ik..A In Cooler, 5'+6'x21<' 1—Toledo Tendtrlur, mode10250-0-001 � 4onzlCseN lkElnhr 2—Meat Hlotica l� Dn,.rr Rik C l mt 1—M..toonkr, 10'.A',..Ith Nllld°»a i—A.W1 ae,k /_-olow M..t mmr 1—enr,° Khs Adding ld o lm 2-10' all Nat dinpl.y sun» 1-10<n. ft 0p tap feeeree—.Ildin°door 2—T.F. M»eM1ine. 1-18 f . Tyler OY"ery CAIl It WdWl w. tL fn r, a-..1 I-11 It gnan plods, a,tAnr ME9CEr.E.A`IkOVa: All .?ar, of ahehin 9.,o1111tera MM, MCkN rte. ago from I. Nichols. Mr. West- SELF SERVE GROCERY Cott said today his ay that future � plane are indefinite at this time. IX,NNrA1 or VILMOMNOWN A EANN NT. 1'110YF: 9MF 1111 Raymond Tweedy purchased the Self Serve Grocery in 1953, styling the business Tweedy's Self Serve Grocery. He operated it until he went out of business in 1968. Sources: (left) Iowa City Press Citizen, December 30, 1953 and (right) Iowa City Press Citizen, November 29, 1968 Whatrs NEW lE Ym UNBi OLM HOME LINEN SERVICE e Ml9 TI W08 L • WA9n CW'99 e'.i..m, u a p� �n e [[IL9Gl IO»EL¢ q. ss j e TAHtI. W'L 4i�'sm Y ,nn�r Orr S.MuN CLEAN -1 CONVENIENT I°e l°rroe'nl'eea I RELIABLE DIAL nu - ECONOMICAL a IOWA CITY NOME LINEN eL n,SERVICE Ad for the Iowa City Home Linen Service in the remodeled former horse stablelauto garage at 316 E. Bloomington Street, 1953. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 23, 1953 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City ®� ... To Attend the Big` GRAND OPENING Of Iowa City's First eax.oP<uelh seer serve LAUNDROMAT I m Fen Ileewh9,en THURSDAY and FRIDAY "' ,el.r IN. Pin v ! _ Iv. IeMwn4n en your e.nrulle. yrvabm \ACONTRACTORS ViggoGENE106. Grand opening ads for "Iowa City's First Coin -Operated Self Serve Laundromat," 316 East Bloomington, 1958. The claim of being "the first" may or may not be true. Sources: (above) Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 3, 1958; (below) Iowa City Press -Citizen, September 4, 1958 NOW OPEN! Iowa City's Fin[ Coin-Operolel LAUNDROMAT it EEw 4�sdrl�lloasc „.2t Ir.t 1 a ler Awgwh— Yr 1101 uk" N Walk ai Ma"! tft GRAND OPENING CONTINUES TNRU TOMORROW! Bat Au Yews ww am FREE! Bring year levndry helwern 11. M. and 9 P.M. Gel allp laundry Parr in Ixl Ihun an per—al a. ehege. LOOK AT THESE EVERY DRY LOM PRICES! WASH 20c DRY�IOc m�SELFSERVE u� LAUNDROMAT - i,, c Mann.... sf. Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Commercial alterations ur additions (3 permits)—Protein Blenders Inc., llighway 2188 South, $1,0284, Meyers Barbar' { Shop, complete remodeling, 23, South Dubuque Street, X20,000: V. F. Skarda, remodel store into pizza house, 30? Fast Blooming. tan Street, $10,000. In July 1969, Val Skarda, fourth-generation owner, received a permit to remodel the grocery store at 302 East Bloomington Street into a "pizza house," at a cost of $10,000. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, July 10, 1969 %T% PIZZA MAKERS DELIVERY MEN Apply in person. PIZZA PALACE 302 E. Bloomington One of the first help -wanted ads for the new "Pizza Palace" location, 302 E. Bloomington, 1969. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, August 21, 1969 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City Slezak Hotel (Pizza Palau) (1872.1873) 302 East Bloomington St. Tall upper windows mark the large Czech social hall, now apartments. The curving harnnue neAiment recalls Slezak's 146, Illustration of Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building right after the 1969 store remodel was completed and Pizza Palace moved in, and before the restaurant changed its name to Pagliai's Pizza around 1975. By 1973, the signboard covering up the store transom lights was installed. The black tiled bulkheads and the central recessed entry with wood entrance doors and tiled entry, likely from the 1938 storefront remodel, are extant, but an outer glass entry door with sidelights and transom was added by 1981, creating an entry vestibule. Note also the N. Linn Street side entrance doors (probably providing entry to the original saloon, dining room) were still there; these have since been bricked in and converted to two small windows. 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IMr. A. }Rani emMg at tEd ewn, mabrl T,e nau na ai8aalssx diin heeu ahi Syme W lee !YJ W I'i eM1at x Ibo bwn rmm frt TLmlh Maf Ya IYM1i�RI IINe�{� IMT. nu &saxaml:aaili xYM mm aR,en Ceirta ea CIO 6Mg: My li mnla iN IoeINeG a.11 Fae N'asMoktoi Alsel. lrte hn 9 IlM1K ldN axfdln8lo lw.i ' A\M [:R: aly l00n CYeu—Rldeaner ._.0 Rmwm or nitmRi a r+llep„tel a i nmm — dra amnln¢ mnn z. r.r a. In 1973, not long after the Pizza Palace (later Pagliai's Pizza) opened at 302 E. Bloomington Street, Iowa City historian Irving Weber called attention to the history of the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building during his first year as a columnist for the Iowa City Press -Citizen. Note the Pizza Palace sign affixed to the upper story facade before the familiar "Pagliai's Pizza” sign replaced it. source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, March 15, 1973 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City View lookir during the Northside Neighborhood survey. Source: Jacobsen 1981 mot .1 �1, I W � ►-- _. afire k View of the Bloomington Street Laundromat, taken in 1981 during the Northside Neighborhood survey. Source: Jacobsen 1981 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City 1...!_111": F M1'en View of the now familiar Pagliai's Pizza in the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, 1981, from an Irving Weber column. Note the signboard and neon lettering and extant original bracketed cornice covering the store transom, as well as the exterior glass entry door and sidelights. The Bloomington Street Laundromat is visible in the background at lower right, looking very much as it does today. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, April 18, 1981 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. 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Ie 'Gxswnry' m'ntl �TwM b Ye iW nurcN reNh d Y the Y4 PYuly fprevdei wYeY d Mnn OLLr a Oe Prow' a HN W ePeRrwY LwIdE'8 RwelnaP We GrlYelr6 etp WIPm+4 rvA.m�url u. v4�w.i obr..•M e1 WY pryYd41 lN.xr.p [w'gMwm,a=y� wxarr. a.Y pTxnhe lWry lDtLvn wIYE EY IOea pry'LJW14r'E. "NWtlW I/n YRE6 [n 1M pmN[rL etlrvr.mtM GJIdLy Su."v.. ue.J lv In ILe eluh MldW prll al Sin"Nt LLtmYLfdei WPng11e'ie Plw ac�� r1 �p �lAr yp plY gyeyp. I�ao mltmyl h.0 mW b Ilq xrnxd Ina w ppe.a Wx. Slezak Hall and the Narodni Sin was a beloved piece of Iowa City history that Irving Weber returned to in 1981 and again In 1990. Source: Iowa City Press -Citizen, April 18, 1981 Iowa Site Inventory Form State Historic Preservation Office Continuation Sheet Site Number: 52-00602 Related District Number: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Johnson Name of Property County 302-316 E. Bloomington and N. Linn Sts Iowa City Address City The Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building had been the location of Pagliai's Pizza for 20 years when this photo was taken for Irving Weber's story about Iowa City's historic metal roofs. Photo by Rodney White for Irving Weber's column, October 20, 1990. Source: Weber Collection, Iowa City Photograph Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City Jessica Bristow From: Marty Boller <mjbhawkeye@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2023 1:18 PM To: Jessica Bristow; Marty Boller Subject: followup on Slezak Hall recommendations Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** FYI - I wanted to share my webpage in support of the committee's decision to recommend "Landmark" status. THANKS! https://ouriowaheritage.com/siezak-nationa1-hali/ please keep me posted on how the process is moving forward. THANKS! mb Marty Boller - MJBHawkeye Check out our websites: www.ouriowaheritage.com/ www. iohnsonco untyremembrancepark. org/ 1 Jessica Bristow From: Marybeth Slonneger <mbslonn@mchsi.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2023 9:38 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: National Hall ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I'm writing in support of designating the National Hall as a local Landmark. It's distinctive baroque -style parapet has made it a familiar, eye-catching building on the Northside. Years ago, when I was researching material for my book, Small But Ours, I talked with the late Marge Hayek, wife of William Hayek, and she showed me dance souvenirs from dances held at the Hall and spoke of the pleasure people took in meeting there for dances and other events. It was a genuine social meeting place for the Bohemian community. And it's just fun to look at and a very contributing building to our visual landscape. Marybeth Slonneger ATTACHMENT 4 Correspondence Jessica Bristow From: mbslonn@mchsi.com Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 1:49 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Fwd: A CALL TO ACTION — SAVE THE SLEZAK! Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hi Jessica, At the behest of Friends of Historic Preservation last October, I wrote to Mayor Teague and, I think, Council encouraging all to protect Holub Hall; Mayor Teague sent back a very nice reply. Am not sure you follow Marty Boller's Our Iowa Heritage blog, but thought you might be interested in his call for attendance at the meeting. Will look forward to seeing you. Marybeth ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Our Iowa Heritage" <comment-reply@wordpress.com> To: "mbslonn" <mbslonn@mchsi.com> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 20241:06:32 PM Subject: A CALL TO ACTION — SAVE THE SLEZAK! Post: A CALL TO ACTION &#8211; SAVE THE SLEZAK! URL: http://ouriowaheritage.com/2024/02/03/a-call-to-action-save-the-slezak/ Posted : February 3, 2024 at 7:05 pm Author: Our Iowa Heritage Categories: Did You Know? Thursday, February 8th - 5:30 pm - Speak Up to Protect this 1870s Iowa City Icon! https:Hbol le rfam i ly.fi les.word press.com/2024/02/iowacityicon. i pg Saving Iowa City's Slezak National Hall - 302-316 Bloomington Street- Iowa City. As was reported earlier, the iconic building that houses Pagliai's Pizza is for sale. The property is advertised as "PERFECT FOR REDEVELOPMENT." Can you imagine a new structure occupying this block? The first official step to protect this building is a PUBLIC HEARING on Thursday, February 8 by the Historic Preservation Commission. The hearing starts at: 5:30 PM in the Council Chambers of City Hall - 410 E Washington Street - Iowa City The commission will vote whether to designate 302-316 Bloomington Street in Iowa City as a local historic landmark. Read more about this historic building here.( https://ouriowaheritage.com/slezak-national-hall/ ) The commission needs to hear from you: Speak up! The hearing is open to the public and the commission wants to hear from Iowa Citians. If you care about the building, step up and say so. Comments should be brief. Show up! We need many people sitting in the audience. Just your presence shows you care. Hope to see you at 5:30 PM! Put it in writing! Send your message to the Historic Preservation Commission in care of Jessica Bristow at jbristow@iowa-city.org ( mailto:jbristow@iowa-city.org) . Plan to send it no later than Thursday, February 8 at noon to have your message reach the commissioners. Review the Commission Packet for February 8 to Learn More:(Pagliai's building description starts on page 3):https://www.iowa-city.org/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=2190301&dbid=0&repo=CitvoflowaCity ( https://salvagebarn.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=lee5435ef6548681345b8ec77&id=56ec48e420&e=df6aa85cle ) Thank you for adding momentum and showing you care about protecting this neighborhood anchor and important piece of Iowa City history. PLEASE PASS THE WORD! Let's SAVE THE SLEZAK! Add a comment to this post: http://ouriowaheritage.com/2024/02/03/a-call-to-action-save-the-slezak/#respond Manage Subscriptions https:Hsu bscri be.word press.com/?key=366acfOf232d a333al328cfe5d9787cl &emai I=m bslon n%40mchsi.com Unsubscribe: https://su bscri be.word p ress.com/?key=366acfOf232da 333a l328cfe5d9787cl &e ma i I=m bslon n%40mchsi.com &b=R4fzk BRWsFixfYU9rRcp7HsoBh WrJ3Rg8QlXGgbTrDMJH3GVY8gHHUao0HVgVGflCkea9dslJUMKmM2uNDBaBb8oG3gzeyzpdv2 3473N IHM7dlozsxYcl698YYHIEgBpANsuTPdSA)sK3-M bLL42nPILSUdGD69P&oneclickunsubscribe=true Jessica Bristow From: Richard Hakes <hakes@southslope.net> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 1:50 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Please designate Pagliai building as historic.... A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Ms. Bristow, Count me among those who would hate to see another IC historic site lost — The Pagliai's Pizza building. Richard Hakes North Liberty Sent from Mail for Windows Jessica Bristow From: Frank Gersh <fsgersh@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 1:54 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Pagliai building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** As a long time resident (50 years) of Iowa City, former member of the Historic Preservation Commission and someone who lives in a historic district, I would urge you and the other Commissioners to vote in favor of making the building that houses Pagliai's Pizza a local historic landmark. Sincerely yours, Frank Gersh 1041 Woodlawn Ave, Iowa City, IA 52245 Jessica Bristow From: Lisa Lisa <Ird5353@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:14 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Paglias building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** We must preserve the paglias building! Also I'll be mad if anything comes between me and my Paglias pizza lol. We have already lost so much of what made Iowa City Iowa City. Soon all we will have is sterile buildings and less affordable housing because of rich people's greed Jessica Bristow From: Amy Woodward <amywoodward8@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 6:05 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 East Bloomington A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please designate 302 East Bloomington Street a local historic landmark. I care about the building and its importance to the community. Let's preserve this wonderful treasure for Iowa City. Thank you! Jessica Bristow From: Pamela <iowahawk3@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 11:16 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 a bloomington A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello. Please designate this building as a local historic landmark. This building, as well as Pagliai's, are icons to the downtown area. We don't need another parking lot or high rise. Some things are better left alone. Newer is not always better! Thank you from a long-time Iowa City resident, Pamela Miller-DeKeyser Sent from AOL on Android Jessica Bristow From: Kathy Volz <kathy.volz@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 7:51 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Re: 302 E. Burlington St. A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To whom it may concern: If in fact this building is sold and there is a chance it could be demolished, it must be named a historical landmark. Period. Please preserve the beautiful and historic architecture in Iowa City. Kathy Buxton Volz Sent from Gmail Mobile Jessica Bristow From: gmlauer@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 3:37 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 E Bloomington / Paglia's buildng. A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Jessica Bristow, I am writing to you and your capacity of historic preservation planner for the city of Iowa city regarding the status of 302 East Bloomington St. in Iowa city also referred to at times as the Paglia's building. Please accept these comments for the record as the historic reservation commission meets to consider the status of this nearly 150 -year-old Iowa city landmark. The Iowa city northside neighborhood is a gem in the landscape of our community with many older buildings, and establish businesses creating a zone, unlike any other in the city. As such it Serves as an economic anchor, as well as a social anchor in many many ways from the weekly musical events in the areas between oasis and brick, the venerable hamburg inn, nearby, Johns grocery and other classic Iowa city landmarks. Certainly the business business that's located at 302 East Burlington has its own iconic history. However, businesses do come and go and buildings can remain with support. I urge the placement of 302 E. Burlington on the landmark registry, and for consideration for a degree of preservation status. I would also be hopeful that the buildings owners might access some degree of city supports for the upkeep maintenance and or rehabilitation of the structure whether it be through city budget, funding, or through grant funding, supported and guided by your offices. Thank you for receiving these comments and forwarding them to the historic preservation commission. I am a lifelong resident of this community and would be deeply saddened to see this building, raised for new construction. Sincerely, Geoffery Lauer 1601 Center Ave. Iowa city, IA 52240 Jessica Bristow From: Devin Redmond <devinredmond@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 7:11 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Pagliais bldg ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, as a 20+ year home owner in the northside neighborhood, I hope the Pagliais building will be registered as a historical landmark. I do not want to lose this building in our community. Thank you. Devin Redmond Sent from a mobile phone : please excuse brevity/typos. Jessica Bristow From: Diana H. <cwcrrr@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 8:41 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Pagliai building complex ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I support the effort to make the Pagliai building complex a historic landmark. Iowa City, and particularly the older neighborhoods in town, has losttoo many historic buildings. Saving such buildings will help keep the character of the neighborhood as much as possible. Thank you. Diana Harris 523 Brown Street IC Jessica Bristow From: Peter Speltz <peterspeltz@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 9:21 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Save Pagliai's Pizza — officially known as the Slezak ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hi Jessica. Please designate the beautiful Slezak building historic. If any house or building on the north side is , this one should be. I would buy it if I could. We are out of town for the hearing February 8. Please know you have our support and let is know if we can do anything to help preserve this building. Thank you, Peter and Ida 615-585-2715 Jessica Bristow From: Peter Speltz <peterspeltz@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 4, 2024 9:23 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Re: Save Pagliai's Pizza — officially known as the Slezak ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** One more thing, we live at 317 Fairchild St. Save Pagliai's! Peter > On Feb 4, 2024, at 8:21 PM, Peter Speltz <peterspeltz@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jessica. Please designate the beautiful Slezak building historic. If any house or building on the north side is , this one should be. I would buy it if I could. We are out of town for the hearing February 8. Please know you have our support and let is know if we can do anything to help preserve this building. > Thank you, > Peter and Ida 615-585-2715 1 Jessica Bristow From: Farrin, Laurel A <laurel-farrin@uiowa.edu> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 7:41 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Slezak-Holub-Skarda building !: ftfxS#4. ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Historic Preservation Commission, I support the Friends of Historic Preservation to designate the Slezak-Holub-Skarda building as a local historic landmark. I have lived on the Northside for over 25 years and have come to cherish, with the rest of the Iowa City community, the charm, calm and welcoming nature of the historic buildings on the North Side. I remember being new to Iowa City and walking home from work on cold, snowy winter evenings and seeing the warm red brick and lights of Pagliai's Pizza. Seeing the pizza makers in their white paper hats throwing dough in those front windows helped me feel at home in a new place. We are all sorry to loose Pagliai's but we must preserve the building. There have already been enough new commercial developments in the location. Please vote to support the preservation of this beautiful building and neighborhood. I would be present at the meeting for this vote but am unfortunately working, so please except my letter of support. Sincerely, Laurel Farrin Professor, painting/drawing School of Art and Art History University of Iowa laurel-farrin@uiowa.edu Jessica Bristow From: Susan Shullaw <smshullaw@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 9:33 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Pagliai Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Jessica, I am writing to urge you and the Historic Preservation Commission, when you meet on Feb. 8, to designate the Pagliai's building complex on Bloomington Street as a local historic landmark. While I concur with many of my neighbors and friends that these structures should be preserved due to their historic architecture, I also want to make a more personal appeal. By preserving the Pagliai's building, you also will be preserving many decades of deeply held family memories. It's been the site of countess birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, first dates, alumni reunions — and plenty of ordinary but treasured pizza nights with parents, grandparents, and kids. Allowing this building to be demolished won't destroy the memories, of course. But it will destroy the opportunity to relive and renew those memories in the same cherished spot, year after year. The Pagliai's building is already a landmark in thousands of hearts in Iowa City and beyond. On Thursday, I hope you will vote to give the building the official historic landmark status it deserves. Thank you. Susan Shullaw 718 N Johnson St Iowa City I Jessica Bristow From: Timothy Daly <timothy.locnar@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 11:17 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 East Bloomington Street A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, As an Iowa City resident, I am in favor of preserving this building as a part of the heritage of Iowa City. Thank you, Timothy Daly Jessica Bristow From: Karl Schulz <kamaschulz@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 11:22 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Save the Slezak Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, I am a former Iowa City resident who grew up in Iowa City and am very familiar with the Slezak building. I hope that you give this building the proper protected historic status that it deserves. It is an icon of the northside, and of Iowa City in general. Thank you, Karl Schulz Jessica Bristow From: Bonnie Hays <bonnie.bradley11@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 11:58 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: The Slovac Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Myself and 50 of my friends on Facebook are definitely for the historical designation of this building. It would be foolish to tear it down. Sincerely, Mrs. Bonnie Hays 607 Pepper Drive Iowa City, IA 42240 Mr. Harley M Hays 607 Pepper Drive Iowa City, IA 52240 1 Jessica Bristow From: Amy Weismann <alwiowa@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 1:03 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Designate 302 E Bloomington a local historic landmark A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I write today as a long time resident of Iowa city to urge the Historic Preservation Commission to designate 302 East Bloomington Street a local historic landmark! This building is an integral part of our city and an iconic part of the historic Northside. Thank you, Amy Weismann 112 S. Lowell St. Iowa City, IA 52245 Jessica Bristow From: Willow Yoruk <willowyoruk@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 7:55 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 East Bloomington Street A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Historic Preservation Commission in care of Jessica Bristow: Please designate 302 East Bloomington Street as a local historic landmark. This building has a long running history with many memories to many people and is a landmark in Iowa city. The unique architecture and beauty of the brick building should remain intact. Willow Yoruk Jessica Bristow From: Becky Smith <rebeccaliedersmith@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 9:07 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Pagliai Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I heartily support designating the Pagliai's complex at 302-316 Bloomington Street as a local historic landmark. Pagliai's is an iconic Iowa City pizza restaurant, known and loved throughout the state. The building itself is historic and significant: Tennessee Williams actually lived in an apartment above Pagliai's when he was in Iowa City. I strongly believe the building should be preserved and not allowed to be redeveloped. Thank you. Becky Smith 431 North Van Buren Street Iowa City, IA 562245 319-594-2947 Jessica Bristow From: Richard Blazek <rbzeke.2448@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 10:27 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Saving the Pagliai's building Attachments: We sent you safe versions of your files; Keepers.pdf A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Mimecast Attachment Protection has deemed this file to be safe, but always exercise caution when opening files. Jessica, I have lived on the north side for over 40 years when I started attending the University. I was attracted to its historic architecture and cultural amenities and proximity to the downtown and the University. I feel that preservingthat history and character should be a priority for the North Side. "Development" rarely implies that history will be preserved and protected; very often it means that history will be erased and replaced. I sincerely hope that the City Council will approve a historic designation to preserve the Pagliai Building and not succumb to "development." As a friend of mine once said, "Money talks and big money swears!" Let's hope there's no swearing when all this is settled. I've attached an essay entitled "Keepers," that has always inspired me to respect and preserve what's most meaningful. Americans find it all too easy to throw things away, sometimes very thoughtlessly. Sincerely, Richard Blazek Thoughts about "Keepers" My grandmother even ironed Christmas ribbons they were rayon then. I grew up in the Forties and Fifties with a practical parent. My grandmother, God love her, who ironed Christmas wrapping paper and reused it and who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recylce queen, before they had a name for it. And for my mother, it was the time for fixing things—a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, a screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re -fixing, reheating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. But then my Mother died. and I sat in my kitchen that Sunday afternoon reading her old handmade cookbook in a binder. I was struck with the pain of feeling all alone, learning that sometimes there isn't any "more." Sometimes what we car about most gets all used up and goes away ... never to return. So ... while we have it ... It's best we love it ... and care for it ...And fix it when it's broken ... and heal it when it's sick. This is true ... For marriage ... And old cars ... And children with bad report cards .. And dogs with bad hips ... And aging parents ... And grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend that moved away Or A classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life important. Like people we know who are special ... And so, we keep them close! Jessica Bristow From: Toni Potter <trpotter760@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 1:21 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: I have heard from classmates that the building at 302 E Bloomington Street may be bought, sold and possible taken down. This building is apart of our story of Iowa City. Built before any of us where born or thought about. My father was a former busines... A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** town history. My history goes back to the mid 50's when my father, Raymond Tweedy, bought the grocery business from Ralph Westcott. I was young but so proud of dad. I love to go there after school and hang out till my mother ,who worked there also, went home in the late afternoon. I got to see and meet students from all over the world as they came into the store. My dad worked long hours there. He was open seven days a week, He delivered to frat houses and sororities. Let some run up bills, times could be tough for some. When Chistmas came Dad always sold Christmas trees. The pretty ones went fast ... we got the last one so you can imagine what it looked like! By the mid 60's I was old enough to work at the store. Then in the early 70's Dad sold the business and relocated to Daytona Beach." Semi retiring." Please save this building so we can show our children and their children and so on, our past. Show them what and who we were and how we lived so they can be who they are and know why. We can't keep vanishing the past because that's what holds us together as a people. Otherwise we are like Iowa fall leaves blowing in the wind scattered everywhere. Jessica Bristow From: Toni Potter <trpotter760@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 2:04 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Save 302 E. Bloomington A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I have been told that 302 East Bloomington may be sold and at worst be vanished from this location. This old building is part of our history and my past. It was built before any of us were born or even thought about. My father was a former business owner of this property, Raymond Tweedy. He purchased the business from Ralph Westcott back in the mid 50's. I was so proud of Dad. I loved to go there after school and hang out till my mother, who worked there also, went home in the late afternoon. I met students from all over the world as they came into the store to shop. My Dad worked long hours there. He was open seven days a week. He delivered to frat houses and sororities. He let some run up tabs, times could be tough for some. When Christmas came Dad always sold trees. The pretty ones went fast ..... we got the last one! You can imagine what it looked like! By the mid 60' 1 was old enough to work there. Dad sold in the early 70's and retired to Florida. Please save this building so we can show our children and their children who and what we were. If we keep getting rid of our History what is going to keep us together? We will be like Iowa fall leaves scattering in the wind with nothing to hold us together... this is US! This building,the Hamburg Inn, the Old Capitol Building, the Congregational Church. 1 Jessica Bristow From: dennis kowalski <mayflyd@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 4:11 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: paglias A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please help save the Paglias building, as it has architectural character and historic significance. Thank you, Dennis Kowalski 1932 Hafor Dr Iowa City IA 52246 I Jessica Bristow From: kbefeler <kbefeler@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 6:44 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Save 302 East Bloomington Street A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Jessica, Please pass along our wishes to save 302 East Bloomington Street and to designate it as a local historic landmark. This iconic building represents the beauty and history of Iowa City. It absolutely needs to remain here just as it is. Kasey & Dennis Befeler Jessica Bristow From: Blake <iowa.blake@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 8:25 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 East Bloomington A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hi Jessica, Please consider designating this building as a historic landmark. -Blake Hendrickson 20 years as an Iowa City resident Jessica Bristow From: Risa Dotson Eicke <risamde@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 10:55 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302-316 Bloomington A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I support designating 302-316 Bloomington as a local historic landmark. Thank you, Risa Dotson Eicke Iowa City Jessica Bristow From: Nathan Morton <nathan.e.morton@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 11:38 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: In Support of Historic Preservation A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, I am writing in support of historic preservation/landmarking of downtown Iowa City buildings, generally and in support of landmarking 302-316 Bloomington, specifically. I can't imagine more over -priced apartment buildings with empty ground level retail space will make Iowa City any more interesting or friendlier to economic growth. thank you, Nathan Morton Iowa City, Iowa Jessica Bristow From: Helen Burford <hsburford@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 3:17 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302-16 East Bloomington St., Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** It would be unimaginable if the Slezak-Holub-Skarda building was not recognized as a landmark in Iowa City. In fact, as the site analysis details, all four of the structures on the site are part of the "historic fabric" of this community center. For the life of these structures, all three families have preserved and adapted the buildings keeping them a vibrant part of Iowa City history. We need to follow in the footsteps of these families and support the rezoning application to establish an Historic District Overlay zone for them, and make them a local Historic Landmark Thank you, Helen Burford Jessica Bristow From: Rebecca Conard <rebeccaconard@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 4:18 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Slezak Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Ms. Bristow: I fully support designating the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building as a Local Historic Landmark. Jennifer Price's architectural and historical evaluation presents a well -researched and reasoned analysis of the building's historic significance at the local level. Rebecca Conard, Consulting Historian 522 Larch Lane Iowa City 52245 Jessica Bristow From: Susan Bryant <leaderservices@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 5:47 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Please save Pagliai's A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Jessica, It may not look like much, but the old Pagliai's building is an icon for thousands of students and residents from all over Iowa City. We are already losing many historic buildings around the core of downtown. Please help save the character of our old neighborhoods. Thank you, Sue Bryant 831 Clark Street Iowa City IA Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone Jessica Bristow From: Carol&Bob Wally Wise <cbwwise@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 9:05 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Historical Landmark 302 E Bloomington A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Ms, Bristow, I petition "The Historical Preservation Commission" to designate the building at 302 East Bloomington a Historical Landmark. The building sits within the Dubuque Linn Corridor as described in the March 28'h 2000 National registry of Historical Places while it physically sits within the block and next to properties in the "the Original Plot of Iowa City". The building at 302 E Bloomington was constructed in 1878 and is the only building left in the area with its architectural design. Since it's construction, 302 E Bloomington served as a Hotel & Grocery store. No other building within the "Original Plot of Iowa City Area" has the same architectural features depicting that Era. 302 is as unique in design and architecture as the brewmaster Conrad Graf's home across the Street (constructed 6 years earlier in 1872), the Union Brewery Building on Linn and Market & John's Grocery on Market and Gilbert. Pagliai's Pizza has occupied 302 E Bloomington since 1957. Thus, both the building and the business are viewed by Generations of Students, Alumni, Professional's & families (both local & visiting) as an Iowa City Landmark. 302 East Bloomington is also believed to be connected to Iowa City History as part of the system of tunnels which were connected to the 3 Breweries in the Original Iowa City Plot. Sitting in the NE corner of Linn & Bloomington it may very well be connected to and a part of "The Iowa City Beer Riots of 1884 & A tale of the Iowa City Beer Mafia" depicted in S.C. Sherman's Book BEER MONEY published March 26'h, 2013. These tunnels are still under investigation and are believed to exist under the property at 302 E. Bloomington adding to the building's Historical connection to Iowa City. Without the designation of Historical Landmark 302 E Bloomington is left open to demolition which would be a grave historical mistake to the Iowa City area & "The Original Plot of Iowa City". It would be a shame to see 302 E Bloomington go the way of other historical buildings in Iowa City becoming yet another piece of lost history. The Historic City Hall & original Fire Station sat till 1965 when urban renewal arrived at the corner of Linn & Washington Streets. Now rather than a Pristine Building of History depicting a piece of the cities by gone years we have a Vacant lot. I polled 7 of my peers, only 1 knew of the "Original Plot of Iowa City". I only found out about The OPIC because of this meeting. How many others have no clue of its existence? I Please, strongly conclude and designate the building at 302 E Bloomington as the Historical Landmark it is. Respectfully, Robert M Wise 3059 Oakridge Road NE North Liberty, Iowa 320-293-0417 P.S. I hope to be able to attend the 5:30 pm meeting at City Hall Iowa City 2/8/24 K Jessica Bristow From: Kay Irelan <kirelan52@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 9:10 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Preserving Slezak Hall A "This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** When I first came to Iowa City as a UI student in the 1970s, Pagliai's Pizza was a popular restaurant that I frequented. When I lived on the north side of Iowa City, I often walked by the building that houses Pagliai's and appreciated its architectural integrity. It felt to me like an important anchor in an historic neighborhood. I learned that in the 19th century, it had been a grocery store and tavern, with a meeting hall on the second floor for the Bohemian community on the north side of Iowa City. I learned that later in that century, a hotel was added in the back, where farmers would stay when they came to town to sell their products. The presence of that lovely brick building encouraged me to imagine what life in Iowa City was like in an earlier time. I think it's important to preserve this building, because it's a symbol of our community's heritage. If our town didn't preserve any of our historic buildings, would future generations be as aware of our history? I strongly support designating this building as a local historic landmark. Sincerely, Kay Irelan Jessica Bristow From: Alison Guernsey <alisonguernsey@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 10:27 PM To: Jessica Bristow Cc: alisonguernsey@gmail.com Subject: Historic Designation for 302-316 Bloomington ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Ms. Bristow — I'm writing to express my sincere hope that the Commission will designate as local historic sites the buildings at 302-316 Bloomington. Over the past 15 years, I have seen Iowa City change in ways that appear to value commerce over culture and modernity over memory. Each, of course, has its place, but the importance that these buildings have in helping tell both Iowa City's immigrant and literary history make them uniquely important to preserve. Sincerely, Alison K. Guernsey Iowa City, Iowa Jessica Bristow From: B.E. Dearborn Huston <bedearborn@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 11:03 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Pagliai's Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello! I'm a Northside resident writing in support of designating the Pagliai's building as a historical landmark. What a loss it would be if put into the wrong hands! I cherish these older buildings that remind us of who lived here before us. Caring for their beautiful places is caring for the dream they had for our city. Thank you for your time. -Brooke Dearborn Huston 429 N Governor St Jessica Bristow From: Nathaniel Gavronsky <nathaniel.gavronsky@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 11:43 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 East Bloomington Street A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Jessica Bristow, Can you imagine losing this iconic Iowa City building? Iowa City had for 150 years a very classic and original north end mom and pop comercial and food vibe. From 1970 to 2016 the city had hundreds of iconic Iowa City locations all over town. The park where Farmer Markets let you know summer was in the air on Gilbert and Washington, and establishments (Dubuque and Burlingtin) that were seen as part of the city itself are now almost all gone. Has any of these changes improved the lives of the people in this great city? No. We took down the only true independant book store (the book shelf) for more over priced apartments. Every single change has made our excentric town into just another corporate blank face. There are enough newer buildings (built in last 25 years) that can be redeveloped. Riverside Drive, South Gilbert along the Bowery, are all lost to redevelopment. In 1869 the City of Boston lost John Hancock's house to a developer (who never actualy developed anything) Nashville TN lost President Polk's house (and had to relocate his and his wifes graves in the process) in the name of progress. Again nothing was actually developed and it laid vancant for decades until the land was put to use. The actual taven where Reigley NC was founded stood until 1969 now its a parking lot for a Marriott. Noone wanted it demolished, but busy lives prevented people from being made aware to save it. That Hotel was not the reason for it to be knocked down. A developer had big plans. Iowa city need not repeat the follies of other cities. Iowa city needs to stop trying to reinvent itself. Who and what Iowa City is with its historical locations is fine how it is. Go build some overpriced luxury apartment in Coralville, North Liberty, or University Hights. Oh and by the way I dont have any idea of who or what is threatning to tear down this building, but how close am I about a developer? Its time to take Iowa Ave from Clinton to Van Buren up to Brown street (plus other areas of Gas light district) and dedicate the whole area. Nathaniel Gavronsky 3196210364 636 South Dodge #8 Iowa City, IA 52542 Jessica Bristow From: Mary and Tom Curtis <maryallenehcurtis@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 8:10 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302-316 Bloomington Street A "This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** What a wonderful building; if it could speak it would tell you all the wonderful people and events that have taken place here. Maybe a first date with the woman or man you ended up spending the rest of your life with. Please save it, let it remain unmolested; grant it every possible consideration so other fond memories can take place. Do your duty, Commioniers, vote to save this wonderful building. Tom Curtis University of Iowa Class of 1966 And longtime resident of Iowa City Jessica Bristow From: Ceil Miller-Bouchet <ceilmillerbouchet@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 8:39 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: yes for Paglia's building as a local historic landmark A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello Jessica, Please let's designate 302 East Bloomington Street --a place that has such wonderful memories for all of us (through many generations) here in Iowa City-- as a historic landmark. Thanks, Ceil Ceil Miller Bouchet Linkedln ceilmil lerbouchet.com Jessica Bristow From: Jackie Biger <jackiemhbiger@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 9:00 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Saving the Sezlak-Holub-Skarda Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am writing to state my support in adding the Sezlak-Holub-Skarda building to historic preservation. It is shocking to me it isn't already listed as a protected property! This, alongside the Laundromat, are such important pieces of Iowa City's history and a perfect example of how build environment impacts how a neighborhood feels. I hope the Preservation is passed this evening. Best, Jackie Biger 519 N. Johnson st. Jessica Bristow From: Tim Weitzel <tweitzel.email@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 9:53 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302 East Bloomington Street local landmark consideration A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Jessica, This letter is in support of the designation of 302 East Bloomington Street as a local landmark. Tim I recommend that 302 East Bloomington Street, known variously as Sleazak Hall, Hollub Hall and Apartments, and Pagliais' Pizza be made a local landmark. It has been recommended eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The building is not included in a historic district. The building is significant for its associations with the Czech community in Iowa City and for Architecture. It retains a high degree of historic integrity on the exterior and is fairly unique in its design relative to other buildings from the same time period. The building holds a place in the Northside Neighborhood as a tangible link to the period of European Immigration to Iowa City in the late 19th century and featured prominently in the lives of the members of the northside Czech community. The building clearly meets the criteria to be considered for a local landmark. It is fortunate that the current owner has maintained the building with a high degree of fidelity to the original design and materials. Only a local historic designation and historic preservation overlay zoning would require review of any future modifications or demolition of the building. Sincerely, Tim Weitzel, MA Historic Preservation Consultant Jessica Bristow From: goodphilla@aol.com Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 10:24 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: Protect Slezak Hall A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, I plan on attending the Historic Preservation Commission meeting today at 5:30 to support its proposal to give Slezak Hall local historic landmark status. It's a beautiful building that's been a landmark in the Northside neighborhood for almost a century and a half. It anchors that neighborhood on its northern side, and to tear it down would diminish the beauty and historic character of the whole block. Its architectural style perfectly matches the strip of buildings on the east side of Linn St. in particular. In addition, its past use as a gathering place for the Czech community in Iowa City makes it an important monument to the diverse ethnic history of our city. The fact that for the past 67 years it's housed one of Iowa City's most popular and iconic restaurants, Pagliai's, ensures that Slezak Hall is important not simply for its age but because it continues to serve as a vital part of the business and cultural life of Iowa City. It must be preserved. I enthusiastically support designating it a local historic landmark. Thank you, Phil Beck 613 E. College St. I Jessica Bristow From: Dawn Frary <kittycatbandit@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 10:35 AM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: 302-316 Bloomington St. A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Ms. Bristow, I am writing to voice my strong belief that 302-316 Bloomington St. in Iowa City, aka the Pagliai's building, be designated as a historic landmark. As Iowa City continues to lose icons like The Mill, it also loses its personality and the essence that has drawn folks to this city for decades. Pagliai's is an institution in this city and to lose yet another important part of Iowa City history is, in my opinion, something we cannot afford to do as development and (wasteful! unattractive!) new construction begins to dominate our cityscape. Please consider designating this building as a historic landmark. It deserves this status and warrants protection from yet another greedy landlord developer. It is part of the spirit of this city, more than a restaurant or even a physical structure, but an archetype, a legend, a part of our culture. Sincerely, Dawn Frary Iowa City resident Dawn Frary she / her / hers dawnfrarv.coln 1 Jessica Bristow From: Jacqueline Briggs <jackiebriggs@earthlink.net> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 11:46 AM To: Jessica Bristow Cc: Eric Subject: Encourage pursuing Landmark for Slezak Buidling ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** This letter is to encourage the pursuit of landmark designation for the Slezak(Pagliai's) Building in Iowa City. As it is one of the historic cornerstones of the Northside neighborhood, its landmark status is integral to maintaining the integrity and character that is so rooted to Iowa City's history. It is one the few buildings still standing that makes a direct link to both the agricultural history of this Iowa City as well as its deep Bohemian pioneers. There are many people who are eager to see this local building continue to anchor the neighborhood and town. Landmark the Slezak Building. Sincerely, Jacqueline Briggs 328 Brown Street Iowa City, IA 52245 Jessica Bristow From: Sharon DeGraw <sharondegraw@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 12:29 PM To: Jessica Bristow Subject: re: local landmark designation for Slezak building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Historic Preservation Commissioners, Please go forward in pursing a local landmark designation for the Slezak Hall building at the corner of East Bloomington and North Linn Streets. It is an important step in protecting a building that has been a business and cultural anchor to the Northside Neighborhood for149 years. The families that have owned the building, including the current Skarda family, have been particularly careful stewards of the three-story brick building. In the early 2000s, I was a Holub Apartment resident for four years — it was a wonderful building to live in. At the time, many of the building's residents had an affiliation with the University of Iowa's writing programs. I enjoyed meeting and collaborating with Writers' Workshop faculty member Cole Swensen on book projects, and meeting visiting faculty member Joy Harjo who lived in the building one summer. There were also numerous graduate students enrolled in the same writing program. Since it was a popular place for writers to live, the building was a small cultural hub acting as an aid in the formation of life-long friendships. There are few apartment buildings in Iowa City as large and with historic character similar to this one. I hope it can receive the historic protection it deserves. Sincerely, Sharon DeGraw 519 Brown Street Iowa City Jessica Bristow From: Daniel Kinney <danieljustin.kinney@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2024 2:48 PM To: Jessica Bristow, jsellergren@gmail.com Subject: Permission to read this letter at 2/8/24 special meeting to designate 312 North Linn as an historic landmark RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To whom it may concern: I am writing to urge the Iowa City Historic Preservation Committee to move to designate the Holub building at 312 North Linn Street in Iowa City as a protected Historic Landmark. As a lifelong resident of the historic neighborhoods of Iowa City, I and many others in the community stand in support of the effort to save this building from demolition for irreparable modification. Regretfully, I am unable to attend the public meeting this evening. Sincerely, Daniel Kinney Teacher, Tate High School 530 Ronalds Street Iowa City, IA 52245 Anne Russett From: Rachel Garms <rgarms@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 4:26 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: Slezak building ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am writing to you in support of designating the slezak building as a historic landmark. I think it's important to preserve some of the last few remaining historical buildings left in Iowa city. Thank you, Rachel Garms Johnson county resident Sent from my iPhone Anne Russett From: Brian Johannesen <bjjohannesen@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2024 1:01 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: The Slezak Building as a Local Historic Landmark A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello! I am writing with enthusiastic support for naming the Slezak Building a Local Historic Landmark! As someone who works downtown and spends a lot of time on the north side, I know that changes are coming to Iowa City - with the most significant changes slated for downtown with the old US Bank parking lot about to be developed and with the demolishing of The Mill. The north side has retained its charm and keeping these beautiful, historic buildings in tact will be crucial to ensuring our town remains charming and fully rooted in its history. Let Coralville have the glass steel and concrete monstrosities, let's keep Iowa City the town we all know and love. Thanks! Brian Brian Johannesen (630)698-0538 brianlohannesen.com Anne Russett From: goodphilla@aol.com Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 7:19 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: Slezak Building Needs to Become a Local Historic Landmark A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, I strongly support the proposal to give Slezak Hall local historic landmark status. It's a beautiful building that's been a landmark in the Northside neighborhood for almost a century and a half. It anchors that neighborhood on its northern side, and to tear it down would diminish the beauty and historic character of the whole block. Its architectural style matches very well the strip of buildings on Linn St., the east side of the street in particular. In addition, its past use as a gathering place for the Bohemian and Czech community in Iowa City makes it an important monument to the diverse ethnic history of our city. As someone with Czech heritage in his family, that means a lot to me. The fact that for the past 60 or more years it's housed one of Iowa City's most popular and iconic restaurants, Pagliai's, ensures that Slezak Hall is important not simply for its age or architecture but because it continues to serve as a vital part of the business and cultural life of Iowa City. It must be preserved. I enthusiastically support designating it a local historic landmark. Thank you, Phil Beck 613 E. College St. I From: Kevin Boyd To: Anne Russett Subject: For P&Z - Please landmark Slezak Hall Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 10:43:18 AM ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Anne, please share with the Planning and Zoning Commission. Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission, I want to encourage you to preserve the Slezak Hall. While many recent residents think of it as the Pagliai's building, generations of Iowa Citians before it had their own memories and stories attached to the building. These heritage buildings connect us with our past. By preserving it, it connect us with our future too. This building deserves to be a local landmark While generations of Iowa Citians have their own connections to the building, here's one of mine. My family story is closely tied with the building. My grandfather Paul Boyd was hired as the manager for the newly opened Self -Serve Grocery in 1938. He, my grandmother Mary, and their young children lived in the duplex across the street at 228 E Bloomington. I'm sharing these photos with you, now nearly 90 years old, that tell one of thousands of stories of the building. Photo 1: Promotional photo from 1938 in front of the Self -Serve Grocery with Paul H Boyd, manager, where you can see the square black tiles that are still on the front of the building. Photo 3: One of family photos from a post -baptism gathering in 1937 behind 228 E Bloomington where you can see part of the Slezak building in the background. t d'� •' � ° � �' t !�' i � � �v'�ila .ar tt 9 d A q y id u y �� ., 2� : w•, td rye � _. '`� � ..- Thank you, Kevin Boyd Sixth Generation Iowa Citian 622 N Van Buren St., Iowa City Anne Russett From: Marty Boller <mjbhawkeye@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:58 PM To: Anne Russett; Marty Boller Subject: Saving Slezak Hall - 302-316 Bloomington Street A "This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** TO: Iowa City Planning & Zoning Commission c/o Anne Russett Just a quick note to offer my support of your positive decision to designate 302-316 Bloomington Street in Iowa City (Slezak Hall and the adjoining buildings) as a local historic landmark. I appreciate the work you, the P&Z commission, must do in determining what's best for our community. From the very beginning (1839), Iowa City has been masterfully planned by those who thoughtfully considered each decision before action was taken. It's my hope that this tradition will continue with you as you make this major decision on Wed. February 21. Sadly, over the years, we have lost a good number of the iconic buildings that were once the pride and joy of past generations. Slezak Hall and the adjoining buildings have such a rich history & heritage here in Iowa City, and, in my view, it would be an unspeakable loss if these buildings were ever torn down, remodeled, and/or replaced with newer facilities. I invite you to review my short report of the historic value of Slezak (National) Hall. https:Houriowaheritage.com/slezak-national-ha II/ And, I encourage you in your vote to recommend that this property be designated as a historic landmark for Iowa City. As I see it, future generations will always be thankful to you for your positive decision to SAVE THE SLEZAK. Sincerely, Marty Boller - MJBHawkeye Check out our websites: www.ouriowaheritage.com/ www.iohnsonco untyrem em brancep ark. ora/ 0 Anne Russett From: leigh lentz <leighlentz@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 9:55 AM To: Anne Russett Subject: Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building Landmark Status A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commissioners, Please designate the Pagliafs building, more formally known as the Slezak-Holub-Skarda building, as a Local Historic Landmark. Like many residents of Iowa City I moved here as a young student to attend the University of Iowa. As my college friends and I explored our new city back in 1988 we were charmed by many of the local attractions which made the town so unique: the old fashioned soda fountain at Pearson's, the perfume bottles in the windows of Mott's Drugstore, the Ferris wheel and merry-go-round at City Park, the breath -takingly beautiful Victorian interior of BushnelPs Turtle, the quaint popcorn wagon on the ped mall, the all -you - can -eat spaghetti as you listened to a band at the Mill, the cozy interior of Great Midwestern Ice Cream (which boasted the "best ice cream in the country"), the fortune-telling witch at Things & Things, and especially the sight of the white -capped and white-shirted young men making pizza in the window beneath the warm, orange glow of the Pagliai's Pizza sign. Of the list of things just mentioned, Pagliai's Pizza is the only one still remaining. Please ensure it does not get relegated to the list of "used to be's." The building is already a historic landmark in the eyes of many Iowa Citians; please give it the official designation you have the power to grant. Sincerely, Leigh Lentz, Iowa City Resident Anne Russett From: Louis Tassinary <Itassinary@mac.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2024 11:23 AM To: Anne Russett Subject: Landmark designation for the Slezak Building Importance: High A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** 2/21/24 Re: Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Date - Public Comment -Agenda Item #6 Dear Planning and Zoning Commissioners Michael Hensch, Susan Craig, Maria Padron, Scott Quelhorst, Maggie Elliot, Chad Wade & Billie Townsend It has been documented repeatedly that renovated historic buildings serve valuable functions in the community. As clearly shown by the many letters to the City, and the staff report from the Historic Preservation Commission, the Slezak building is a tangible symbol of the enduring contribution of Iowa City's first immigrants. What has not been emphasized, however, is that historic properties offer unique opportunities to contribute significantly to the City's sustainability goals by preserving the energy already embodied in the existing building and eliminating the expenditure of additional energy for new construction. Reliable sources estimate that even a new green energy efficient building that uses a large percentage of recycled materials would take over 50 years to recover the energy lost in demolishing a comparable existing building. The adaptive reuse of iconic older buildings simultaneously honors heritage, reduces the need for new construction with its concomitant consumption of dwindling material and limited financial resources, and creates the opportunity for creative architectural design and the support of local craftsmanship. It is forthese reasons that I urge the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously agree with the recommendations of the Historic Preservation Commission to recommend that the City Council grant the Slezak building landmark status. Sincerely, Louis G. Tassinary JD PhD 1645 Teg Drive Iowa City, IA 52246 Ph: 979.220.4755 1 Ita ss i n a ry(a) ma c. co m Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 4 of 14 time one drives by it's gone. Entler stated yes usually they have a pile that's somewhat localized, they recycle that material, and then they move on to the next project. Hensch closed the public hearing. Elliott moved to recommend approval of CREZ24-0002, an application for a County conditional use permit for a temporary asphalt and concrete recycling use. Craig seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. CASE NO. REZ24-0001 Location: 302-316 E. Bloomington St An application initiated by the Historic Preservation Commission for a rezoning of approximately 0.45 acres of land from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone to designate the property as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. Conley began the staff report showing an aerial map of the property for the proposed rezoning. The property is located north of East Bloomington Street and to the east of North Linn Street. She next shared the zoning map which shows to the west there's the RNS-12 zone, to the east is CB -2 and to the south is CB -2 as well. For some background for the property in question, Conley stated on the date October 9, 2023, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended moving forward with the local landmark designation. Then on October 30, 2023, a letter was sent to the property owner that explained the Historic Preservation Commission's interest in landmarking the property as well as requested a meeting. On December 4, 2023, staff and the Historic Preservation Commission Chair met with the property owner and then on February 8, 2024, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of the local landmark designation. The Historic Preservation Commission found that this property is significant for its role in the ethnic and commercial history of Iowa City's Northside Neighborhood. They found that the building is a well-preserved example of Italianate architecture and found that the property met the following local landmark criteria. (A) it is significant to American and/or Iowa City history, architecture, archaeology and culture. (B) it possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials and workmanship. (C) it is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Iowa City history. And lastly, (E) it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a tight period or method of construction or represents the work of a master or possesses high artistic values or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. Currently the property is zoned CB -2 and the purpose of this zone is to serve as a transition between intense land uses in the Central Business Service District and adjoining areas. The proposed zoning is to the OHD/CB-2 zone and the purpose of the OHD zone is to designate local historic landmarks and historic districts. The OHD zone requires exterior building modifications, ones that require regulated permit, to go through the historic review process, and it supports the continued use of historic buildings through regulatory and financial incentives. These incentives include special exception eligibility in which it would allow the Board of Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 5 of 14 Adjustment to waive or modify certain zoning requirements. Additionally, the property would be eligible for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Fund and additional tax credits. Conley next showed some photos of the 302-316 East Bloomington Street property. Conley then reviewed the rezoning criteria and how the proposed development fits in with the policy vision of the City. The landmark designation is a zoning overlay and therefore requires recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission to the City Council. It's the Commission's role to review the proposed designation based on its relation to the Comprehensive Plan and the proposed public improvements and plans for the renewal of the area involved. In this case, they would need to analyze the IC 2030 Comprehensive Plan, the Central District Plan and the Historic Preservation Plan, which are all relevant to the proposed rezoning. To start the IC 2030 Plan includes principal goals and strategies that are in support of the local landmark rezoning. There's a neighborhood design principle which states to preserve historic resources and reinvest in established neighborhoods. The intent of this principle is to ensure the stability and livability of the City's historic neighborhoods to preserve culture, history and the identity of the City. The land use section of the Plan includes the following "will continue to protect our community's historical, environmental, and aesthetic assets" and the strategy that supports this goal includes "developing strategies to encourage the protection of natural areas and historic features and support the enhancement of areas to continue support for the Iowa City Historic Preservation Plan". The plan also mentions how Historic Preservation policies have helped to save Iowa City's most historic buildings and have preserved the distinctive architecture of entire neighborhoods. The housing section of the Plan includes the following goal "preserve the integrity of existing neighborhoods and the historic nature of older neighborhoods". Included as a strategy is "aim to support the Historic Preservation Commission's efforts to meet its goals". Conley next reviewed the Central District Plan which includes goals and objectives that are also in support of the local landmark rezoning and emphasize the historic character of the neighborhood. The Central District Plan notes that the City has been successful in protecting historic resources in the Central District through the adoption of historic district and conservation district overlay zones and by bestowing historic landmark status on the area's most significant buildings and properties. The Plan also states that although some redevelopment of the area is likely there's a strong desire to maintain the historic main street character and the property that helps maintain the distinct identity and scale of the area. Additionally, many community members indicated that the historic character of the Northside Marketplace is one of its greatest assets. The Central District Plan includes the goal "preserve and promote the unique aspects of the Northside Marketplace" and that is followed by the supporting objectives. First, established policies and regulations that will preserve the existing scale and main street commercial character of the Northside Marketplace and second, protect historic buildings as an integral part of the Northside Marketplace. Overall, the designation of the property as a local historic landmark will achieve the objective related to protecting historic buildings. Lastly, the Historic Preservation Plan contains a mission statement that states "Iowa City and its citizens seek to identify, protect and preserve the community's historic resources in order to enhance the quality of life and economic well-being of current and future generations". This Plan includes the following goal "identify historic resources to Iowa City's past" and this goal is here to help promote the mission statement. This goal is supported through the following objectives, continuing to research and evaluate historic resources through the systematic and prioritize completion of neighborhood and thematic based historical and architectural surveys, have the Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 6 of 14 Historic Preservation Commission set designation priorities for historic districts, have landmarks that emphasize the most important or threatened resources first, and encourage the local landmark designations by the Historic Preservation Commission by continuing to nominate individual properties in historic districts to the National Register of Historic Places, and when appropriate pursue local designation as landmarks in historic districts for the National Register properties. The Historic Preservation Plan also includes the Gilbert/Linn Street Historic District and this section is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The locally designated District is referred to as the Northside Historic District and although the subject property is not located in either of these districts since they are residential, this section of the Plan discusses the importance of various properties both in and outside of these Districts. The Gilbert/Linn Street Historic District includes the following objective, to incorporate historic preservation efforts in planning for the Northside Marketplace retail district, which is intersecting blocks at Market, Linn, Gilbert and Bloomington Streets. The importance of the subject property is discussed within this objective because it's specifically discussed as promoting the preservation of architectural elements such as this Slezak Building National Hall. Staff has also received correspondence which has been forwarded to the Commission and hard copies have been provided at the meeting. Staff received 43 letters in support of the proposed rezoning which was included in the agenda packet and seven additional pieces of correspondence were received in support of the rezoning after packet publication. Conley noted the property only owner, Gary Skarda, stated he did not support the proposed rezoning at the Historic Preservation Commission meeting. Staff recommends approval of REZ24- 0001, an application to rezone 302-316 East Bloomington Street from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone in order to designate it as a Local Historic Landmark. Next steps, since the landmark designation was voted unanimously by the Historic Preservation Commission, upon P&Z recommendation City Council will set the date of the public hearing for the property for 302-316 East Bloomington Street. Hensch asked if for a rezoning it's not necessary for the property owner to consent to the rezoning. Conley confirmed that was correct. Quellhorst asked if staff took into account that property owner's objections to rezoning at all and the cost that might be imposed by the imposition of that historic overlay. Russett replied their role was to review the rezoning in the context of the policies in the Comprehensive Plan. There are specific criteria in the zoning code that speak to the criteria that are supposed to be considered as part of this rezoning and cost is not part of the consideration. Quellhorst asked if it is considered anywhere in the process and Russett stated City Council could consider it. Craig asked generally speaking with this designation what can and can't the property owner do to this property. Russett replied the biggest thing is that the property could not be demolished. The other things that would be regulated by the historic review process are any exterior modifications that require a building permit or mechanical permit, so things like changing the roofing or siding or any masonry work, windows, doors, and those types of things, anything on the exterior would be regulated. Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 7 of 14 Elliott asked why the owner did not want to agree with this and Russett replied they can't speak for the owner. Hekteon noted if the owner files a petition at the City Council level that would trigger a supermajority vote for the City Council and that's how the owners voice is factored in. Elliott asked if it was just the Pagliai's building or also the laundromat. Russett replied it is all of the buildings on the property which includes the laundromat and the original structure at the southwest corner of the property and the additions. Wade noted looking at Des Moines code, it looks like the Des Moines code has a trigger that if somebody searches for a demolition permit it automatically looks at the age of the building and goes through a Historic Preservation Commission type process and does Iowa City have a similar process in place. Russett replied Iowa City does not, if it's within a local historic district, local conservation district or a local landmark district, then the demolition needs to go through the historic review process but if it's outside of those areas it is just reviewed by the building inspection staff. Padron asked if something new could be built in that area of the parking lot. Russett replied she supposes that's a possibility. They had a recent landmark designation within the Ped Mall on East College Street where the historic structures were landmarked and there was a new building that was built behind it that was approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. So new structures are something that would be reviewed by the Historic Preservation Commission. Padron just wants to be clear that none of these buildings would be able to be demolished without going through the Historic Preservation Commission and then if they build something new that would also have to go through historic review. Russett confirmed that was correct. Wade asked what's the line in the sand as far as the age of the building. For example, the front of the building was remodeled in the 1960s so it wouldn't fit to the original model of the building and if they're going to redo windows or something what age or part of the building is the deciding factor. Russett replied that's more of a historic review question, but they would have to just review any proposals on a case-by-case basis and any changes to the exterior would have to be reviewed to the guidelines. It could potentially be approved by staff, but for more major alterations they have to go to the Historic Preservation Commission. Hensch opened the public hearing. Jordan Sellergren (Chair, Historic Preservation Commission) stated the Historic Preservation Commission's role is to determine whether the property meets the criteria for designation and they did find that the Slezak/Holub/Skarda building represents the broad patterns of the history in Iowa City. It tells the story of the immigrants who helped build the City, as well as clearly meeting historic architectural criteria. The Commission voted unanimously in favor of the designation. Planning and Zoning staff, as they just heard, did recommend that the landmark rezoning of 302 - 316 East Bloomington is consistent with Iowa City's Comprehensive Plan, which includes the Central District Plan and the Historic Preservation Plan, and encourages pursuing local landmark designations when appropriate to provide protection for important historic resources. The Central District Plan specifically calls out this property as an important historic building that should be preserved. The building size and uses are consistent with the main street character that is the Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 8 of 14 vision of the Comprehensive Plan for North Linn and Bloomington Streets. Additionally, the City's climate policies encourage sustainable practices also support the retention of the valuable resources of the building, rather than sending them to the landfill. Iowa City Zoning Code states that the Planning and Zoning Commission's role is to determine whether a local landmark designation meets the Comprehensive Plan and in this case it very much does. So once this Commission votes, it becomes City Council's role to consider the politics and weigh the recommendations of the Commission's as well as the property owner's concerns. Sellergren thanked the Commission for hearing the remarks tonight. Wade noted listening to the Historic Preservation Commission meeting it sounds like they have somebody that goes in the building or takes a look at the building so as part of that do they also evaluate the mechanicals and all the details of the building in the interior. Sellergren stated they are primarily focused on exterior updates. Ginalie Swaim (Friends of Historic Preservation) stated they strongly support the designation of this important building. As they have all heard the Comprehensive Plan speaks to the historic character of the Northside Marketplace and this is one of the key buildings in this marketplace. Swaim wanted to share how this sprawling building speaks to more aspects of the local history than any other single building in Iowa City. It holds a one story of American immigration, in this case Bohemian immigrants, today they probably would have been known as Czechs, but they could substitute other ethnic groups with similar trajectories in their move to America and engagement with American society. In the 1850s Bohemians were starting to arrive in Iowa having fled Europe because of revolutions and economic depressions. By the 1870s Bohemians had put down roots in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City and in the farming villages and on the farms in-between. The Slezak's building connects with immigrants history as first the building reinforced an ethnic identity. Bohumil Shimek, whose name they will recognize because of his role in Iowa City history, and himself of Bohemian ethnicity, knew of "the dangers that confronted a stranger in a strange land" and Joseph Slezak's hotel quickly became "the recognized headquarters of this nationality", ethnic social and aid societies for Bohemians met there and these ethnic aid societies were a phenomenon of American culture during the great immigration periods. Because of this being a stranger in a strange land, they would offer newcomers assistance. If someone became ill or died that aid society would step in and try to be helpful, basically, on how to navigate the new culture, but also how to keep their native culture alive. For example, the Slezak National Hall at one time had a benefit, a play and a dance, to benefit the Herzegovinian rebels, which was a Serb uprising against the Ottoman Empire. So even though people were living in Iowa City, putting their roots down, beginning businesses, having jobs, they still had a yearning to support their fellow people back in the old country. Second, the Slezak Building, like some parts of Iowa City, long resonated with the Bohemian language. In the 1880s there were four newspapers to choose from and one was in Bohemian. Just east of the Slezak Building was the residents of Goosetown which was largely a Bohemian neighborhood and spoke their native language for three generations. In 1912 when Joseph Slezak died the grave marker at Old St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery was carved all in Bohemian language and on the top of the building sign, the Bohemian words Narodni sin appeared and below that was translated to National Hall. In 1981 local historian Irving Weber wrote about this building and when he wrote about it using the words Narodni sin apparently he made a spelling error because readers contacted him. So even in 1981 there is still a resonance for the Bohemian language in this community and even today the Czech and Bohemian ethnicity is still loud and strong in this community. Another reason this building was part of the social fabric is the upstairs hall was the site for plays and parties and dances in this "spacious and elegant hall in which to trip the light Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 9 of 14 fantastic toe". Perhaps the eight -member union band played there, each musician was Bohemian and well into the 20th century a group called the Jolly Club played their routine there. This club comprised of German and Bohemian families far from the immigrant experience but still hanging on to their ethnic roots. Fifth, the building was part of local commerce there was a reason Joseph Slezak advertised it as "the popular farmers stopping place". Farmers coming into town stayed overnight at the hotel and stabled their horses in the attached livery. The building housed several endeavors, including the National Hall, the farmers hotel, the grocery store, and "all the other business ventures centered there". The proprietor had "a fine outlook for prosperity and fortune, well a part of the local commerce". And finally, the Slezak building's long history shows transitions into mainstream American society, from a livery stable for horses to a garage for automobiles, from hotel rooms for Bohemian farmers, to apartments for college students and downtown workers. More signs of this transition are that the hall was once the site of ethnic meetings also hosted in 1925 a dance and basketball game between Williamsburg and the National Guard. Then in the 1930s its grocery stores advertising the all-American product of Jello and the garage becomes a current coin operated laundromat and in the late 1960s the building reaches perhaps the epitome of American society as the Pizza Palace that also sold T shirts. Many other businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries met Iowa City's needs and wants, there were dozens in that period of saloons, groceries, hotels, stables, social halls, even other ethnic social halls, and other buildings symbolizing commercial success. What's unique and significant about this sprawling building is this one building served all of those needs. So landmarking this one building honors and preserves one story of American immigration in Iowa City. Deanna Thomann (Member, Historic Preservation Commission) represents the Northside Neighborhood on the Historic Preservation Commission but tonight is speaking as a citizen from the northside. Several meetings ago she introduced herself to this Planning and Zoning Commission but to remind them she and her sister live at 208 Fairchild Street in a house that once belonged to her great great grandparents and then to her great grandparents. Her great great grandmother's parents, the Louis's, immigrated to Iowa City from Germany and her great great grandfather CK Lake ran a lumberyard on this very site where the City offices are today. So in experiencing the northside and the downtown she often tries to see places through her ancestors eyes, and sometimes it takes a lot of imagination, but there is no imagining with this Slezak/Holub/Skarda building. Construction on that monumental complex started just one year before her ancestor's house on Fairchild Street was built. The Slezak/Holub/Skarda building was part of her ancestor's everyday experience, either on foot or by horse. Great, great grandpa would have passed the building on his way to work at the lumberyard and maybe on his way home from work he occasionally stopped in the building saloon for a beer. That's something she likes to imagine. Thomann does know that her Aunt Linda would stay at the house on 208 Fairchild Street and attend summer bible camp and she remembers shopping with grandma at Tweedie's grocery store, she said it was a really big grocery store for that time. Today Pagliai's is in that space and she eats at Pagliai's and many of her out of town relatives traveled to eat at Pagliai's too. These relatives, though they live on farms, when she sees them at family reunions they ask about her house in town and they ask where it is again, when she answers on Fairchild Street they don't know what that means or where that is but if she says it's just a couple blocks from Pagliai's they all know where that is. They acknowledge that's the best restaurant in Iowa City. So in some ways this building is still bringing farmers to it like it was with the farmer's hotel back in the day. This Slezak/Holub/Skarda building is a landmark to her and her family, it was a landmark to her ancestors and it's part of the community's history and cultural heritage. Thomann asks that the Commission take the next steps to make this Slezak/Holub/Skarda building a Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 10 of 14 formal landmark. Kevin Boyd noted he sent an email because there were some visuals he wanted to share but he also wishes to speak. Boyd stated local landmarks are designed to preserve buildings, physical structures, that help tell the unique history. They help connect us both with the past by honoring what the civic ancestors built, the city they created, but it also connects them to the future and says they value this history and they want future Iowa Citians to be able to experience this heritage site. Boyd shared some family photos of this building with the Commission in advance. His grandfather, Paul Boyd, came to Iowa City when he was just 18, immediately after he graduated from high school in the early part of the Depression. His parents and siblings had already moved here because the family farm had been taken from the bank due to the Depression. Paul got a part time job at Mercy Hospital as an elevator operator hand cranking it and that is where he met Boyd's grandmother, a nursing student from West Liberty. By 1938 they had gotten married and adopted an orphan nephew and had their first child together. They rented half of the duplex across the street at 228 Bloomington Street. A few years ago Boyd acquired an old disorganized family photo album with nearly 90 year old photos and news clippings of his great grandfather becoming the manager of the newly remodeled self -serve grocery store in Slezak Hall where they took the two commercial units and put them into one pristine and organized one. To Boyd that was an important moment in his grandparents history, it was a moment their economic fortunes began to turn. Paul was hired to manage the newly remodeled self -serve grocery store in the Slezak Building. A generation later in the 1970s after a pizza date, Boyd's parents accidentally unplugged the change machine in the laundromat and it triggered an alarm and the police arrived. This story was told by his parents nearly every time they were waiting to pick up Pagliai's, which was a lot growing up. When Boyd's partner Kelly first came to visit Iowa City, a city he'd heard Boyd rave about for months, they went to Pagliai's and he was as impressed with the building as he was with the pizza. Boyd shares these personal stories because generations of Iowa Citians have their own. Some that have been forgotten to others that can be remembered. The stories of this building, from the parties upstairs, Narodni sin, the meeting spot for first generation immigrants, the corner grocery store being the first self - serve then Tweedie's, police getting called to a laundromat after a pizza date, preserving this building honors those stories and the shared history and it celebrates the history of the community. This building is a heritage building. The rezoning aligns with the Comprehensive Plan, and it deserves local landmarking and Boyd encourages them to pass it as it honors both the past and it honors the future. Tomas Agran lives in the Northside Neighborhood and served as its Historic Preservation Commission representative for seven years. So he can speak from that perspective but now with extra candor since he's not on the Commission anymore, including that controversially he doesn't like Pagliai's Pizza. Agran noted there's a property that recently came on the market, an amazing development opportunity for a cool $5 million and being well more than 50 years old the building is definitely about qualifying vintage for historic designation, but it would be controversial and political to try to do that, especially if the owner bulked. He isn't talking about the Pagliai's building he is referring to City Electric building on Prentiss Street. He does agree it is a development opportunity and also agrees it's probably not ultimately a strong case for historic designation. But they aren't talking about that building, or speculating on Tracy Barkalow's intentions, they aren't talking about landmarking a property as a stretch of the imagination. They're talking about a core property in Iowa City's past, present and future inextricable from the story of Iowa City and the north end as they've heard tonight. Iowa City's always lamenting the loss of so much historic building inventory during those urban renewal days of yore, but as far as Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 11 of 14 he can tell, since moving here in 2009, urban renewal is alive and well as developers and accountants pencil Iowa City's history, texture and unique flavor out of existence in favor of cheap builds, and balance sheets. When they leave the meeting tonight, he urges them to look east at the memorable and evocative three over one across from the co-op. Or choose to avert their gaze looking west where a giant hole in the ground stands as a monument to one Iowa City family's bank account. Or maybe they parked just to the north where the historic U Church was leveraged and now sits abandoned and overwhelmed to line the silky pockets of another private developer. Don't forget the increasingly dilapidated historic 410 North Clinton held hostage for development handouts from the City to try to tear down and over build the neighboring properties, or the charming piles of civil war era bricks they woke up to on Christmas morning after a spirited visit from a bulldozer on South Dubuque Street, and inevitability they should not forget tacitly and patiently awaits the vast majority of the still unprotected downtown. When a property owner disagrees with the historic designation of a building, it feels like a fraught process and it feels political, and it is awkward but as fate would have it anticipation at these exact circumstances had the City come up with systems and protocols. The City has a Comprehensive Plan, they have standards that historic properties must meet and have a process of community representatives at three levels, Planning & Zoning being one of them, who makes sure that those guiding documents and standards are applied apolitically so that when the community's history comes under threat, there is an established and agreed way as a democratic community to protect those irreplaceable and to further prevent our historic assets being emotionally leveraged against us for private gain. Agran noted it's not difficult to imagine this property being used as a sacrificial pawn in the development game for all the neighboring losses around it. This Commission is tasked with putting process over politics and as a result have a very simple non - emotional decision in front of them tonight and he trusts they will fulfill their duties and do what's right for Iowa City that belongs not to one but to all of us. Bob Wise noted what's interesting about this that nobody has pointed out is if they go back and dig through the maps from around the 1870s the two lots that the building sits on was not part of the original plot of Iowa City. The original Iowa City plot was going from Franklin Street down to Jefferson and going from Linn to maybe past Van Buren. All that is left in the 18 and a half block area of the original site of Iowa City area is the Slezak building, the Union Brewery building and John's grocery. An example is the Pearson Drugstore corner, Pearson's Drug was really great, it had a drive-thru, but watching the old building that was taken down from there and looking at the structure which had been put in that place if the same thing happens to this, then the original plot of Iowa City, the original town, shrinks, and shrinks, and eventually will disappear and they lose a tremendous amount of history with that. He has watched it happen in other communities where he's lived. Iowa City used to have a beautiful fire station that he went to in first grade that sat on Linn Street and Washington that was torn down in 1965 to make room for this City Hall building and the fire station that now sits here. That was a beautiful building that was lost to urban renewal along with many others. Wise encourages the Commission to strongly consider making this historic landmark for Iowa City and the preservation of the original part of Iowa City, as it was established back in the 1870s. The Graph house was built in 1872 and the Slezak building, Pagliai's building, was built about six years later. This was the dance hall in the hotel and there was a restaurant that was in that building. There were obviously rooms which are maybe now part of the 16 apartments upstairs. At the back of the small building where there's an archway, that was probably a hayloft to take care of what was the carriage house and what was the livery. A livery may have been where the horses were kept to draw the beer wagons to run around the town and deliver beer, even the fire department had their own horses back in that period of time. Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 12 of 14 Sharon DeGraw stated she lives in the Northside Neighborhood and is on the steering committee for the Northside Neighborhood Association. She looked at the packet and the task looks pretty straightforward. The IC 2030 Comprehensive Plan includes the goal to preserve historic resources and invest in the established neighborhoods. She thinks that's how they're supposed to be thinking about this and the land use section includes a goal to protect the community's historical environment and aesthetic assets. Therefore, the Planning and Zoning commissioners would be answering the question of is this building suitable according to those goals and she hopes they think yes. DeGraw noticed that it's one of the oldest buildings, from 1875, it's relatively tall, three stories, for that point in time and it also had an incredible number of functions which they've heard about, a hotel, a saloon, dance hall, grocery store, a meeting hall for the Czech and Bohemian immigrant community, and a stable which she thinks is incredible that the the Bloomington laundry mat was once a stable and it's still standing. So after contemplating this DeGraw hopes that the Commission will agree that it's the right time to vote in favor of a historic preservation overlay for that parcel. Missy Moreton stated she is representing as a person who lives in the Northside Neighborhood. As a disclosure she was on the Iowa City Friends of Historic Preservation Board for probably 10 years but it's been a while. Her personal thoughts on this is she has lived in the Northside Neighborhood since 1996. Personally, she loves the aesthetic of the close -in historic area and the way the Pagliai's building serves as a transition between the residential and business areas, she really feels that it contributes to the quality of life in the neighborhood. She appreciates the owner's position, from what she's read the owner was not just a good landlord, but a great steward of the property. This proposal brings to mind two buildings that were eventually preserved by the new owners after the public brought to the attention their historic significance. First, the Carnegie Library, which had served as the Iowa City Public Library, and the Tate Arms, which was the first rooming house built for black students owned by black landlords. Moreton realizes that there are buyers that can purchase this location and don't have the same feelings about history and architecture and community that she does so she would like to be more proactive about taking an inventory of the remaining buildings that fit the local landmark designation and acting on them before they are up for sale. She hopes that it's not too late for this building. Hensch closed the public hearing. Craig moved to recommend approval of REZ24- 0001, an application to rezone 302-316 E. Bloomington Street from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay OHD/CB-2) zone in order to designate it as a Local Historic Landmark. Quellhorst seconded the motion. Craig noted she was very pleased that the Historic Preservation Commission was willing to do the work and bring this forward, she had concerns when the property went up for sale. She has lived in Iowa City close to 50 years and always had a very special feeling about this particular piece of property and it felt like old Iowa City and the more she's learned about the history of it is 100% why these things were put in the Comprehensive Plan and she is 100% behind it. Quellhorst stated he agrees with that, he thinks this is a wonderful building with a rich history and meets the criteria for a landmark designation. He appreciates that cost isn't one of the rezoning considerations but does think it's important and would recommend that City Council consider the Planning and Zoning Commission February 21, 2024 Page 13 of 14 costs that the application could impose on the property owner in making its decision Hensch noted their first obligation is does it meet the criteria and consistently with the Comprehensive Plan and he thinks it clearly does. Also on an emotional level when he also saw it was for sale his very first thought was please don't tear that building down. It's just pretty dramatic standing there, the three-story building for that age and it's been so well kept. Kudos to the owners of that building, it is a rare gem that they cannot let go away so he supports this. Elliott supports this and thinks it's clear that it meets that criteria. She does have concerns about the owner not wanting to landmark the property but that's not for them to decide. Townsend just want to say she wasn't born and raised in Iowa but everyone that she's talked to that came to school here or that has been here always talks about Pagliai's. This is the first time she's heard about the history of that area so in her opinion it is something that should be preserved. Wade stated this one is a little bit more challenging for him, there is a lot of history with the Pagliai's building, or the Slezak/Holub/Skarda building but this is the first time that he's been through the experience without an owner's consent. He's looking at this rezoning similar to an involuntary annex so this one's a little bit problematic from not getting the owner's buy -in to get the overlay or historic landmark nomination. Wade noted regardless of his decision, he knows he's in the minority, but this one, just from a private ownership standpoint they need the buy -in. Wade agreed he would love to see the building maintained or continued on, it's been in the family for 125 years but now they're looking at making a change without the family consent. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-1 (Wade dissenting). CONSIDERATION OF MEETING MINUTES: FEBRUARY 7,2024: Padron moved to approve the meeting minutes from February 7, 2024. Craig seconded the motion, a vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. »_1011011101 [1_101 1 Dite] 011101"101176M iv, F111 I ML None. ADJOURNMENT: Townsend moved to adjourn, Quellhorst seconded and the motion passed 7-0. DEFERRED Prepared by: Madison Conley, Associate Planner; 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240; (REZ24-0001) Ordinance No. Ordinance rezoning property located at 302-316 E. Bloomington Street' from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone. (REZ24-0001) Whereas, the City of Iowa City Historic Preservation Commission requested a rezoning of property located at 302-316 E. Bloomington Street from Central Business Service (CB -2) zone to CB -2 with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone to designate the property as an Iowa City Historic Landmark; and Whereas, this structure was originally constructed in 1875 and is significant for its role in the ethnic and commercial history of Iowa City's Northside neighborhood and as a well-preserved example of Italianate architecture; and Whereas, the Comprehensive Plan encourages the preservation of historic buildings through a Neighborhood Design Principle that aims to preserve historic resources and reinvest in established neighborhoods; through a Land Use goal that aims to continue and protect the community's historical, environmental, and aesthetic assets with a strategy to encourage protection of natural areas and historic features; and through a Housing goal that aims to preserve the integrity of existing neighborhoods and the historic nature of older neighborhoods with a strategy that supports the Historic Preservation Commission's efforts to meet its goals; and Whereas, the Central District Plan encourages preservation of historic homes, resources and neighborhoods, especially in areas close to the University by bestowing historic landmark status on the area's most significant buildings and properties; and Whereas, the Central District Plan identifies the Northside Marketplace as a historic commercial neighborhood where there is a strong communal desire to maintain the historic mainstreet`character and includes a goal that aims to preserve and promote the unique aspects of the Northside Marketplace; and Whereas, Goal 1 of the Historic Preservation component of the Comprehensive Plan calls for identification of resources significant to Iowa City's past with the objective of designating individual buildings as landmarks; and Whereas, the Historic Preservation Plan includes a section on the Gilbert -Linn Street Historic District, which discusses the importance of various buildings including the Slezak Building -National Hall; and Whereas the Historic Preservation Commission has reviewed the proposed Historic Landmark designation, has found that it meets the criteria for landmark designation in its significance to_ Iowa City history, integrity of location and design, association with events that have a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history, and embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction; and Whereas, the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the proposed Historic Landmark designation rezoning and has found that it is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan goals of preserving historic resources. Ordinance No. Page 2 Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Iowa City, Iowa: Section I. Historic Landmark Approval. Property described below is hereby reclassified to Central Business Service with a Historic District Overlay (OHD/CB-2) zone: Lot 5 and the West 50 feet of Lot 6 all in Block 57 in Iowa City, Iowa, according to the recorded plat thereof. Section II. Zoning Map. The building official is hereby authorized and directed to change the zoning map of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon the final passage, approval and publication of this ordinance by law. Section III. Certification And Recording. Upon passage and approval of the Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this ordinance and to record the same, at the office of the County Recorder of Johnson County, Iowa, at the owner's expense, all as provided by law. Section IV. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section V. Severability. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section VI. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law. Passed and approved this day of Mayor Attest: City Clerk 2024. Approved by: Z/;�� City Attor y's OfFce (Sara Hektoen — 03/27/2024) Kellie Grace From: Kralickova, Petra<kralickovap@toyandminiaturemuseum.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 8:55 PM To: *City Council Subject: Support for Local Historic Landmark Designation for Pagliai's Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Council Members, I am writing to support the proposed local historic landmark designation for the Pagliai's building. As a former resident of Iowa City and someone who has worked closely with preserving cultural heritage at the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, I understand the importance of protecting buildings with significant historical value. The Pagliai's building, with its rich history dating back to 1875, served as a cornerstone of the Czech immigrant community in Iowa City for generations. From functioning as a Czech meeting hall for various fraternal and social organizations to housing Iowa City's first public library, this building holds immense cultural significance. I urge you to consider the implications of allowing the demolition of such an important piece of our city's history. If torn down, the building would be replaced by a generic student apartment complex devoid of the architectural charm and cultural significance that the Pagliai's building embodies. Preserving this building as a local historic landmark would ensure its protection from demolition and provide an opportunity for its continued use as a cultural and architectural asset in the historic Northside Neighborhood. Considerthe one -of -a -kind local historic landmark designation forthe Pagliai's building and prevent its unnecessary destruction. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Petra Kralickova Petra Kralickova / she/her EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAIN: 816.235.8000 / DIRECT: 816.235.8001 5235 OAK STREET / KANSAS CITY, Mo 64112 EMAIL: KRALICKOVAPC(DTOYANDMINIATUREMUSEUM.ORG WEB: WWW.TOYAN DMINIATU REM USEUM.ORG Kellie Grace From: Linda Sage <sageintaglio1@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:25 AM To: *City Council Subject: Save the Slezak I A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am writing to you in support of saving the Slezak building and designating it as an Historic structure. My grandparents, Charles Jacob ( Holub) Karel and Rose Marie Soukup Karel, were part of the Czech community in Iowa City, and I know they would have wanted me to speak up on behalf of preserving this building. I grew up in Iowa City, and went to the University of Iowa, and have fond memories of the Slezak Building - and CSPS Hall, where I helped sponsor a Pete Seeger Concert while in Graduate school. I raised my son in Iowa City, and although neither of us live in Iowa at present, we both have such fond memories of Iowa City, its architecture and its rich Czech history. Please preserve the Slezak building as an Historic structure. Thank you, Linda Karel Sage Kellie Grace From: Michael Duffey <duffey@buffalo.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:21 PM To: *City Council Subject: Slezak Building A& ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Council I encourage you to designate the Slezak Building as a historic landmark. I grew up in Iowa City and lived on Brown Street from first grade in 1951 through college at the U of 1. While an elementary student at St. Pat's School, I walked past the building nearly every school day, and often stopped at the grocery store for treats or to get warm. I now live in Buffalo, New York, but often visit and work in Iowa City. When in Iowa City I enjoy pizza at Pagliai's, which is the best pizza in the world. I hope to live in Iowa City when I retire and will continue to visit the building. It's a beautiful structure and a very significant part of Iowa City history. Sincerely, Mike Michael E. Duffey, PhD Professor of Physiology and Biophysics Professor of Medicine University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Kellie Grace From: Karen Leibold <karenleibold@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:05 PM To: *City Council Subject: Slezak Building IS a Treasure! * * This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** This Iowa City native and U of I alum hopes the Council unanimously decrees the Slezak building to be a historic landmark!! Karen D. Leibold Kellie Grace From: Frank Gersh <fsgersh@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 4:08 PM To: *City Council Subject: Landmark designation for the Pagliai's Building R SN ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members, As a long time resident of Iowa City -50 years last year -the Pagliai's Building is precious to me. Its red -brick splendor and size make it hard to miss and are reminiscent of other buildings of its vintage in town. I live near it and often walk through the north side. It is an anchor at the north end of the north side business district. I live in a historic district (Woodlawn) and was a member of the Historic Preservation Commission in the 90s, when I lived in and worked to create the College street historic district. I have always appreciated old and historic buildings and believe they should be kept up and maintained. Maintaining them is certainly more sustainable and less wasteful and expensive than replacing them. I urge you all to vote in favor of the local landmark designation for this building. Without this designation, it could easily be sold and torn down. Sincerely yours, Frank S. Gersh 1041 Woodlawn Avenue Iowa City, IA 52245 Kellie Grace From: Gordon, Martha P <martha-gordon@uiowa.edu> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 4:41 PM To: *City Council Subject: Preserve Pagliai's Building ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members: Please vote in favor of the local landmark designation of the Pagliai's Building at 302 E Bloomington Street. We need to hang onto our historical Iowa City landmarks. It's a handsome old building worthy of preservation. Thankyou. Martha Gordon 1041 Woodlawn Ave Iowa City Kellie Grace From: gsnobs@aol.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 6:09 PM To: *City Council Subject: Slezak Building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Do the Right thing , save this iconic piece of Iowa City! Kellie Grace From: Rebecca Porter <rebeccaporter.porter@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 1:40 PM To: *City Council Subject: Vote for the Historic landmark Zoning for 302-316 Bloomington Street R SH ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council, The purpose of this email is to ask that you vote in favor of the Historic Landmark Zoning for 302-316 Bloomington Street. This building has marked significance for Iowa City in that it is among the rare architectural and cultural gems that make Iowa City "Iowa City." Thank you, Rebecca Porter 425 Hutchinson Avenue Iowa City. Kellie Grace From: kathleen kamerick <kckamerick@gmail.com5 Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 2:13 PM To: *City Council Subject: Save the Pagliai's building t RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please vote for Historic landmark Zoning for 302-316 Bloomington Street at the April council meeting. This building, where Pagliai's Pizza now operates, is a witness to Iowa City's immigrant past and a critical part of our physical historical record. We should try to preserve this record so that citizens today and in the future can understand Iowa City's history and the critical part played by different immigrant groups in that history. Kathleen Kamerick 321 Hutchinson Avenue Iowa City March 22, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . • a . • . . . • a . • . . • • . • • e • . . . . . . City Council City Hall 410 E. Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Members of the City Council: The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is an internationally recognized repository and guardian of many Czech and Slovak artifacts and library materials. Our museum tells the story of the important role that immigrants have played in building America. We believe that history and culture should not be confined to museums but should be a Iiving and breathing part of our communities. Your city is home to a building that has statewide if not national significance in the history of Czech - American culture. Slezak Hall — or National Hall as it was historically known — represents the broad pattern of immigration from Central Europe to the United States. Czech and Slovak immigrants came for many of the same reasons that current immigrants come to Iowa. They sought to escape persecution and to provide better lives for their families. Like immigrants today, they were welcomed by some, but shunned by others. The building at 302-316 Bloomington Street is a physical representation of this history. National Hall was the meeting place of several Czech fraternal organizations that welcomed new immigrants to Iowa. It was a place where immigrants learned English and were introduced to American customs, while at the same time participated in and preserved the customs of their old country. Similar buildings and institutions were once common in Iowa and other Midwestern states. As immigrants assimilated into American society, the clubs that met in these halls have disappeared and many of these buildings have been torn down. Fewer and fewer of these landmarks remain to tell this important story and to inspire new generations of immigrants. It is remarkable that National Hall remains so well intact: its appearance has hardly changed since Mr. Slezak opened its doors to the Iowa City community in 1875. At a time when there is some hostility to immigrants, National Hall is a strong symbol of the important role that immigrants have had in building our nation. To assure that this historic gem remains to tell the story, we urge you to designate 302-316 Bloomington Street, National Hall, as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. Sincerely, (2� 644AA-� Dr, Cecilia Rokusek, President/CEO 1400 Inspiration Place SW ■ Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 ■ 319.362.8500 ■ w .NCSML.org r C`J N r— r rsa rea n The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library is an internationally recognized repository and guardian of many Czech and Slovak artifacts and library materials. Our museum tells the story of the important role that immigrants have played in building America. We believe that history and culture should not be confined to museums but should be a Iiving and breathing part of our communities. Your city is home to a building that has statewide if not national significance in the history of Czech - American culture. Slezak Hall — or National Hall as it was historically known — represents the broad pattern of immigration from Central Europe to the United States. Czech and Slovak immigrants came for many of the same reasons that current immigrants come to Iowa. They sought to escape persecution and to provide better lives for their families. Like immigrants today, they were welcomed by some, but shunned by others. The building at 302-316 Bloomington Street is a physical representation of this history. National Hall was the meeting place of several Czech fraternal organizations that welcomed new immigrants to Iowa. It was a place where immigrants learned English and were introduced to American customs, while at the same time participated in and preserved the customs of their old country. Similar buildings and institutions were once common in Iowa and other Midwestern states. As immigrants assimilated into American society, the clubs that met in these halls have disappeared and many of these buildings have been torn down. Fewer and fewer of these landmarks remain to tell this important story and to inspire new generations of immigrants. It is remarkable that National Hall remains so well intact: its appearance has hardly changed since Mr. Slezak opened its doors to the Iowa City community in 1875. At a time when there is some hostility to immigrants, National Hall is a strong symbol of the important role that immigrants have had in building our nation. To assure that this historic gem remains to tell the story, we urge you to designate 302-316 Bloomington Street, National Hall, as an Iowa City Historic Landmark. Sincerely, (2� 644AA-� Dr, Cecilia Rokusek, President/CEO 1400 Inspiration Place SW ■ Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404 ■ 319.362.8500 ■ w .NCSML.org Kellie Grace From: rhawn <rdenniston@cornellcollege.edu> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 4:32 PM To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai's building A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Members of Iowa City Council, I write in strong support of the effort to preserve the Palgiai's building at 302 Bloomington Street. Iowa City has lost many of its older buildings over the last half century - and it would be a particular shame to lose one, such as this, that is nearly a century and a half old and that has housed an iconic restaurant. I urge you to support the Historic Preservation Committee and the Planning and Zoning Commission in preserving this monument to Iowa City's past. Sincerely, Rhawn Denniston Rhawn Denniston William Harmon Norton Professor of Geology Chair, Environmental Studies Program Chair, Department of Geology Cornell College Kellie Grace From: hhart2@mac.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 7:50 PM To: *City Council Subject: Regarding Preservation of Pagliai Building ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I just learned that teh council may be considering rezoning the property at 302 E. Bloomington Street ("Pagliai's"). It is my understanding that the historic Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission nave both urged the city to user zoning laws to preserve the building, once a Czech National Hall, and prevent its demolition. I hope the council will consider the fact that the building not only remains usable and habitable (possibly even affordable), it's architecture and history are real historical value. Sincerely, Holly Hart 228 S Summit St, Iowa City 319-331-9616 Kellie Grace From: Karl Schulz akamaschulz@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:22 PM To: *City Council Subject: Save the Pagliai's Building RESIT ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello, I'd like to add my voice to the calls to designate the Pagliai's building and related structures as a historic property. This collection of buildings is the heart of Iowa City's historic northside neighborhood, and losing them would be an enormous loss to the architectural heritage of Iowa City. Thank you, Karl Schulz Kellie Grace From: Pamela <iowahawk3@aol.com Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 10:40 PM To: *City Council Subject: Pagliais building RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello. I would like to express my opinion on why this building should be a historical landmark. For many years, Pagliai's has been a mainstay for visitors and citizens of Iowa City. The location near downtown Iowa City has made it a landmark for the community. The old time feel of the restaurant and neighborhood add to the nostalgia. The building appears to be in great shape for an older building and has been kept up by the people who use it. The economic cost to level it, haul the debris away and then turn around and purchase new materials seems silly and not good for the environment; not to mention expensive. Please classify this building as a historical landmark and leave this piece of Iowa City history. We don't need more parking lots or high rises to take its place. Thank you. Pamela Miller-DeKeyser Sent from AOL on Android Kellie Grace From: Marty Boller <mjbhawkeye@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:40 AM To: *City Council Cc: Robert Miklo; Marty Boller; Friends of Historic Preservation Subject: FYI - April 2 meeting on Landmark Designation Attachments: slezakhall.jpeg A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** March 26, 2024 TO: Iowa City City Council On April 2, 2024, you as the leadership team for our fair city have a unique opportunity to stand tall and do the right thing by voting `Yes' in designating the Pagliai's Building at 302-316 BLoomington Street as a city Landmark. I realize that there are some who are hesitant to impose this type of "restriction" on a private citizen's property, and inmost cases, I would agree that it's not something that city government should regularly do. But there are special moments in time, when it's vitally important for city leaders to act on behalf of the general public, making a difficult decision for the greater good. Slezak Hall and the buildings attached are not only historic in nature, but they stand as iconic reminders of brave men and women who came to Iowa City to bean integral part of the rich cultural community we have today. 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Kellie Grace From: Rachel Garms <rachelg@pancheros.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 1:56 PM To: *City Council Subject: Save the Bloomington Street Building! ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am writing to you to please ask for your support of designating the Pagliai building as a historic landmark. I think it's very important to preserve what few older and historic buildings we have left in Iowa City. The city is too quick to knock down and put up new buildings that lack the character that older buildings have. Once gone they can never be replaced and a part of history is gone forever. Thankyoul Rachel Garms Kellie Grace From: Quenby Murphy <quenbymurphy@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 10:36 PM To: *City Council Subject: Landmark Zoning R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello Council Members, I'm writing to urge you to vote to designate 302 Bloomington Street (aka the Pagliai's Pizza building) as Historic Landmark Zoning. As a born -and -raised IC resident, now raising my own family here, the preservation of our beloved town's history is of huge importance to me, as well as so many people I know who either live, work, or play here. Buildings like this one add character and nostalgia to our community, both of which provide priceless value that cannot be recreated once gone. I frequent the businesses in the Northside neighborhood regularly, stopping for coffee and dining, shopping the stores there, attending events at The James, and just enjoying leisurely walks or sitting with friends outside, atop the tree -lined sidewalks or muraled street. With its proximity to downtown, yet with its own unique feeling and charm, it's been so exciting to watch this particular part of town not only stay vibrant, but become even more so in the past few years. These days, the Northside district is truly a destination spot in its own right, and a lovely one at that. Of course, the Paglai's building is an iconic structure not only in this particular neighborhood, but in all of Iowa City and Johnson County. It's not just the emotional attachment to the cozy, comforting pizza joint that we all know and love, that make preserving this building a priority. The building itself has so much to offer, with its unique, historic architecture and striking features like those beautiful arched windows and gabled roof. It's unique buildings like these, the ones that not only have important, historical stories to tell, but that offer an attractive, interesting, one -of -a -kind aesthetic, that simply can't (and usually won't) be replicated. Modern building styles, techniques, materials, etc. just don't recapture that magic you can only experience when walking by or into something that's stood the test of time. And we all know how true it is that they just don't make 'em like they used to. Over the past decade or two, I've watched several new, high-end combination business/residential buildings creep across our downtown skyline. It's clear that many of these are built to attract an audience of non -college students for local living- the young couple who values walkability, the retiree who wants to downsize or ditch the yard, the young professional who wants to be near the action. For a developer looking to acquire property and cater to this audience, It would seem to me that buyers/renters would be crawling out of the poorly constructed, builder -grade, cookie cutter woodwork. Someone looking to make an investment not solely for themselves, but also for this community's benefit, could easily embrace a vision of what an updated but still historic, distinctive, beautiful, residence or business 302 Bloomington could offer. It's true that the cost of renovating/remodeling/updating historic buildings can be high. But aren't the environmental costs of demolition and of new construction equally if not more high? What about our commitment to greener practices? What about the visual and emotional cost to the neighborhood, and to the broader community, when an old building is lost, and all of its unique character and stories with it? The kind of landlord or developer who is willing to invest in the future of Iowa City, by helping to preserve its past, is the kind of developer or landlord that our city should be encouraging and rewarding. We must be responsible stewards of our town's assets. Once it's too late, it's too late! I hope you'll vote to protect 302 Bloomington with Historic Landmark Zoning, before there's nothing left to protect. Thank you, Quenby Murphy Iowa City Resident Kellie Grace From: Ben Huntley <benjamin.huntley@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 4:56 AM To: *City Council Subject: Yes for landmark status ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear council, Pagliai's pizza is fundamental to giving Iowa City its charm. It is part of the reason people come... and keep coming back. Please know that people around the country are watching your vote. I strongly encourage you to support the movement for landmark status. Sincerely, Ben Huntley Boulder, Colorado Sent from my iPhone - pardon any brevity or errors Kellie Grace From: Debra Kron <debra.kron@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 9:59 AM To: *City Council Subject: Historic zoning ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council, Please vote for Historic Landmark Zoning for 302 Bloomington Street. This is an Iowa City icon and we should work to retain it! Thank you, Debra Kron debra.kron@yahoo.com Kellie Grace From: Liu H <eahuntley@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 10:14 AM To: *City Council Subject: Save the Pagliai's building! R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear esteemed city council members, I was born and raised in the Iowa City area, and Pagliai's pizza was a cornerstone of my childhood. All of my childhood friends who have since moved away make a point of visiting Pagliai's whenever we return. Although I am no longer a voting constituent, I am a local who is deeply concerned about the potential loss of this important Iowa City landmark. It would be short-sighted of the council to not save this building. Short-term financial gain is not worth the loss of our historical and architectural heritage. I ask that you please vote to designate this building as a historic landmark. Sincerely, Dr. Elizabeth Huntley, Denver, Co Elizabeth (Lizz) Huntley Instructor of Arabic and Linguistics, University of Colorado Denver Managing Editor, Studies in Second Language Acquisition https://sites.google.com/view/lizzhutitleyjhome work: elizabeth.huntlex@ucdenver.edu personal: eahuntleyftmail.com Kellie Grace From: Bustos, Bettina <bettina-bustos@uiowa.edu> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:15 PM To: *City Council RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City city council, I ask you to please save the Pagliai's Pizza building. It is historic and has been around for more than a century and is one of the places that makes Iowa city unique. Please vote for Historic Landmark Zoning for 302 Bloomington Street. As a resident of Iowa City Northside I thank you for your consideration. Best regards, Bettina Bustos Kellie Grace From: Karen Leigh <karenleigh804@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:30 PM To: *City Council Subject: 302 Bloomington Street ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please, please, please give 302 Bloomington Street Historic Landmark status. It has played such an integral role in the history of our city, as well as in my life. I am 72 years old and have been admiring that building ever since I went there on my first date when I was in high school. It would be heartbreaking to lose it! Sent from my iPhone Kellie Grace From: Mary and Tom Curtis <maryallenehcurtis@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 2:14 PM To: *City Council Subject: Paglia's Historical Designation ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** The City Council of IC has an opportunity to demonstrate Their appreciation for a building rich in History to its neighborhood and the City itself. Personnely, as a U of I student in early 1960's I passed by this wonderful building many times when I lived at Henry Black's Gaslight Village and the many times I spent eating pizza at Paglia's throughout the last 50 years. Please vote Your conscience and save this "150 year+Grandame" from the wrecking ball -dump truck -landfill that so many wonderful Historical Buildings have met their fate in IC. Thank you, T. Curtis Kellie Grace From: Susan Craig <skjeldcraig@gmail.com> Sent. Wednesday, March 27, 2024 3:39 PM To: *City Council Subject: Historic Designation for 302 E Bloomington A This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I have been a resident in Iowa City for more than 40 years and in that time I have rarely seen a request for Historic Designation more compelling than the one for 302 E Bloomington. It represents a long and varied piece of Iowa City history that is worthy of protection. Please approve this designation as approved by the Historic Preservation Commission. Thankyou, Susan Craig 225 N 7`" Ave. Iowa City Kellie Grace From: Ellen Van Laere <elenavanlaere@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 5:38 PM To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai's Building ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please vote for Historic Landmark Zoning for 302 Bloomington St. I am unable to attend the April 2 mtg., but would like to voice my opinion that this architectural piece of Iowa City's history be preserved. It is time to save rather than tear down or redevelopment a historic and sound building in the historic Northside neighborhood. Thank you for your attention. Ellen Van Laere, 827 Rundell St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Kellie Grace From: Diana Harris <cwcrrr@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 7:41 PM To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai's Building RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Councilors, You have the opportunity to preserve the Pagliai's Building. Many have already supported this initiative with their input to the Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission. Please vote to keep this historic, north side building and support the many citizens who want to keep this landmark that reminds Iowa City residents about some of the immigrants who built parts of this city. Please vote to use existing zoning laws to prevent 302-316 E. Bloomington from being demolished. Thank you, Diana Harris 523 Brown Street Iowa City I Kellie Grace From: Dorian Dorado <dorianjl3@msn.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:35 AM To: *City Council Subject: 302 Bloomington Street Preservation R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am writing to ask you to vote for Historic Landmark Zoning for 302 Bloomington Street. Let's preserve the historic beauty of our town. Kellie Grace From: sandreskin@aol.com Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 1:25 PM To: *City Council Subject: Historic Designation Slezak Hall Attachments: We sent you safe versions of your files; Pagliais building protection.docx A '* This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Mimecast Attachment Protection has deemed this file to be safe, but always exercise caution when opening files. March 28, 2024 City Council, Iowa City, Iowa Re Designation as Historical Landmark I am writing to urge you to support and designate Historic Landmark Zoning for the Slezak Building located at Linn and Bloomington Streets for the Last 150 years. It encapsulates both architectural and social history of Iowa City. Physically the building represents our cultural heritage as immigrants from the Czech Republic having served as a Bohemian Meeting Hall, farmers hotel, dance hall, restaurant, horse stable, and not to mention 50 years of Paglia's Pizza. Maintaining the presence of such historical buildings enriches our community and fosters our collective culture. We should protect these few architectural gems. Thanks for your support. Sandra Eskin 1044 Woodlawn Iowa City, IA 52245 � r 1 �lZ- i City Council Supplemental Meeting Packet CITY OF IOWA CITY April 2 2024 Information submitted between distribution of packet on Thursday and 4:00pm on Monday. Late Handout(s): 9.a. Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark - See correspondence from the following: Cecile Kuenzli, Susan Isham, Ceil Miller Bouchet, Barbara Schelar, Alison Guernsey, Susan Futrell, Jordan Sellergren and Northside Businesses, Adam Phillips, Diann McChristy, Dave Tingwald, Sheila Boyd, Brooke Dearborn Huston, Nancy Romalov, Jerry Alberhasky, Virginia Hayes, Devin Redmond, Mary Rockafellow, Amanda Mosley, Dawn Frary, Nate Pollpeter, Lisa Petrie, Mike Fallon, Jackie Biger, Vera and Peter Gross, Naomi Greyser, Kristin Addis, Patricia Addis, Alex and Jeremy Ackerman, Jill Harper, Mark Weinstein, Fran Jensen, Randy Brauns, Will Thomson 9.c. Rezoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd - See correspondence from the following: Jane Shuttleworth, Tracy Daby, Anne Marie Kraus, Cheryl Ridgeway, Ruth Manna, 11.b. Human Rights Commission - See revised application from Isaac Medina April 2, 2024 City of Iowa City Item Number: 9.a. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY �� COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark - See correspondence from the following: Cecile Kuenzli, Susan Isham, Ceil Miller Bouchet, Barbara Schelar, Alison Guernsey, Susan Futrell, Jordan Sellergren and Northside Businesses, Adam Phillips, Diann McChristy, Dave Tingwald, Sheila Boyd, Brooke Dearborn Huston, Nancy Romalov, Jerry Alberhasky, Virginia Hayes, Devin Redmond, Mary Rockafellow, Amanda Mosley, Dawn Frary, Nate Pollpeter, Lisa Petrie, Mike Fallon, Jackie Biger, Vera and Peter Gross, Naomi Greyser, Kristin Addis, Patricia Addis, Alex and Jeremy Ackerman, Jill Harper, Mark Weinstein, Fran Jensen, Randy Brauns, Will Thomson Attachments: correspondence z ti -fit., Kellie Grace From: Cecile Kuenzli <cecile.kuenzli@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:03 PM Late Handouts Distfibuteu To: *City Council Subject: Saving the Pagliai buillding (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Councilor, As a longtime resident of Iowa City, I believe that historic preservation achievements increase the quality of living in Iowa City and therefore, I am writing to urge you to save the Pagliai building on E. Bloomington St. Its presence and architectural style contribute to the other historic buildings located in the the north end of the city: Saint Mary's church, Brewery Square and all the old brick buildings that line both sides of North Linn St. and form a neighborhood with a history and an appeal that draw residents and visitors there to shop, to eat, to buy books and to worship. The buildings there reflect local history, and are a tribute to the local craftsman who built them, many of whose descendants still live and work in Iowa City. The Pagliai building has been attracting people to 302 E. Bloomington St. since 1957. Keeping this building, so rich in Iowa City history and visual appeal should be a council priority. Cecile Kuenzli 705 South Summit St. Iowa City, Iowa 52240 cr,Q' Kellie Grace From: [sham, Susan C <susan-isham@uiowa.edu> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Thursday, March 28, 20244:09 PM To: *City Council Subject: Save 302 Bloomington St. (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council: I ask you to vote for Historic Landmark Zoning for the building at 302 Bloomington St. It is an important partof our city's Czech heritage. Sincerely, Susan Isham -o�- q o-, Kellie Grace From: Ceil Miller-Bouchet <ceilmillerbouchet@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 5:59 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Our beloved Pagliai's building holds so many memories! A (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** The Pagliai's building is much more than brick, mortar, and pizza. For me, it is a symbol of youthful freedom and security. My parents let me walk to Pagliai's with my friends after City High football games on chilly autumn evenings. We would meander through Goosetown and to the North Side crunching the fallen leaves, laughing, warm in our big sweaters and the glow of friendship. The waft of heat and that yummy smell greeted us when we pulled open the door. We'd take over several booths and order pizza, of course. I always ordered Canadian bacon and green olive ... that was way before I had the chance to live in Italy and taste the real thing! Then, we would go outside and use the phone booth to call our parents to come pick us up. When I see the familiar Pagliai's neon sign today, as it has always been, I feel rooted in those memories. It's especially nice to see that some things never change ... even though I moved away at age 18.1 never thought I would return, except to see my folks, but then they needed me closer in order to age in place. So my husband and I relocated back to my hometown in 2001. My parents are now 95. And we still enjoy Pagliai's pizza. Canadian bacon and green olive still tastes pretty good! In a strange and unexpected way, the Pagliai's building has helped me re -connected with my birthplace. The familiar smell of Pagliai's pizza baking is my Proustien madeleine. I'm living proof that a building can impact our lives and our beloved City in a positive way. Please let's landmark our Pagliai's building. Because I'm sure that today's high schoolers get the same cozy, stable vibe from that place as we did back in the 80s. Even though, today, they don't need a phone booth to call their parents! Ceil Ceil Miller Bouchet Linkedln ceilmillerbouchet.com J�- q.O-' Kellie Grace From: Barbara Schelar <barbara.schelar@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 2:31 AM Late Handouts Distributea To: *City Council L+ -a ! (Date) RfSK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please vote for Historic Landmark Zoning for 302-316 Bloomington St. It so represents the character of this part of town and its history and provides a lovely transition from businesses to residences in the neighborhood. Eligibility for tax credits through the new zoning could be crucial in finding a buyer who could preserve this property instead of tearing it down. This is not a building that should be replaced. Barbara Schelar Kellie Grace From: Alison Guernsey <4isonguernsey@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 11:57 AM Late Handouts Distributee To: *City Council Subject: Preservation of E. Bloomington St Buildings L[ (Date) R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Council -- I'm writing to urge you to vote to landmark the Pagliai's Building on Bloomington. I submitted an email to the Iowa City Historic Preservation Committee previously, and my position remains the same: Iowa City should actively work to preserve this important cultural and historic landmark. I am a two-time Iowa City resident (2005-08 and 2017 -present), and a frequent visitor to the northside, whether it be to grab pizza, have a drink on George's patio, or shop. It is, sadly, one of the only downtown areas that continues to convey a real sense of history through its architecture, from reminding inhabitants of the City's immigrant and farm origins to honoring the talent of the participants in the Writer's Workshop. As we think about the City's vision for the future, let's not forget that there is no path forward without also honoring the past. The City would be poorer without the stories that the buildings on E. Bloomington tell. Sincerely, Alison K. Guernsey Iowa City Resident Kellie Grace From: Susan Futrell <sfutre110@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 3:14 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Cc: sfutre110@gmail.com; Will Jennings Y J Subject: Pagliai's Building (Date) RF5K "This This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members, We are longtime residents and homeowners in Iowa City, and have lived for the last 25 years in the Northside neighborhood. We are strong supporters of the Historic Districts and property designations throughout Iowa City that have helped to keep our community unique and accessible. We strongly urge you to support the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission to protect the Pagliai's building at 302 Bloomington by designating it as a historic property. The current owners have given considerable care and stewardship to these buildings over many years, and are deserving of our gratitude. Now, it is time for someone else to take on the property and maintain it or repurpose it without destroying the investment that is there, and the value these buildings add to the entire town. We agree with all of the arguments in favor of preserving this property because of its history, supported by extensive research and evidence that has already been presented to the City. In addition, we encourage you to think about the property not just in terms of its past value, but also, in terms of how it will enhance the value of the Northside business district, neighborhood, downtown, and the larger community for the future. By maintaining unique architecture, smaller scale structures, and a visible connection to the history of Iowa City, these buildings add value to the surrounding properties and help Iowa City maintain a uinique and interesting character that helps draw visitors, residents, and businesses to our town. Multi -story apartment buildings filled with students and air BnBs, and half -empty street -level commercial spaces are already plentiful. They may make economic sense in some cases, but if they are all we end up, with we will not be able to replace what we lose if buildings like the Pagliais' block cease to exist, and we will be left looking and feeling like any other college town. Iowa City is, and can continue to be, so much more. The history of this property celebrates the diversity of early immigrants who were part of Iowa City as it grew, and the mixed use buildings that made the city accessible to visitors and new residents. It can be a vibrant reminder of our community's goals to celebrate that diversity and accessibility as we continue to grow. The scale of the Pagliai's building also makes an appropriate transition from the taller, denser structures along Linn Street toward the residential neighborhood to the north. As homeowners in a near northside Historic neighborhood, we strongly urge you to see this property as an integral part of the vision the City has adopted for the future. We hope you will vote in support of P&Z and Historic Preservation Commissions recommendations. Thank you for your consideration of this important community asset. Sincerely, Susan Futrell and Will Jennings 311 Fairchild St. Iowa City, IA Kellie Grace From: Jordan Sellergren <jsellergren@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 4:09 PM To: *City Council Subject: 302-316 Bloomington Landmark Designation --a q, Late Handouts Distributed letter from Northside businesses If-) - a4 (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Good afternoon, Most of the Northside business owners have co-signed a letter in support of landmarking 302-316 Bloomington J the Pagliai's building. I'm waiting for last minute responses, but wanted to send this afternoon for everyone's consideration. I will drop off the completed co-signed letter this Monday ahead of Tuesday's hearing. Please see below, and thank you so much for your time and consideration, Jordan Sellergren Jordan Sellergren, shejher An Director, Little Village Magazine Chair, Iowa C VHistoric Preservation Commission March 2024 To Iowa City City Council: 302 Bloomington Street has been an anchor in the Northside Market Place since 1875. Its unique architecture adds to the charming ambiance that helps draw customers to our commercial district. It is home to two local businesses, Pagliai's Pizza, an Iowa City institution since 1969, and Laundromania. It provides sixteen apartments. Buildings and small businesses like this make the Northside Marketplace a commercial success and add to the special vibrancy of Iowa City that can't be found elsewhere. We the undersigned Northside Marketplace business owners support efforts to preserve 302-316 Bloomington Street. Thank you. Signed, Nate Koeding, Hamburg Inn No. 2 Todd Thelon, Artifacts John Engelbrecht, Public Space One Kalmia Strong, Public Space One Mark Nolte, Iowa Conservatory, The James Theatre, Nolte Academy Leslie Nolte, Iowa Conservatory, The James Theatre, Nolte Academy Amber Neville, Willow & Stock Angela Barnett, Willow & Stock Leah Ostby, Hobo Salon Paul Clark, Hare Parlor Nick Craig, Brix Cheese Shop & Wine Bar Niki Neems, R.S. V. P. Ron Neems, R.S.V.P. Riene Gelman, The Webster Jean Bott, Stuart, Carmen & Associates John McNamara, Stuart, Carmen & Associates John Logan, Russ' Northside Service Mark Paterno, Marco's Grilled Cheese Adelaide Subtil, Claude Thomas Heineman, Claude Alex Karr, George's Buffet Melissa Karr, George's Buffet Mike Karr, George's Buffet Kelsey Wiggs, George's Buffet Kyle Crossett, Wild Culture Kombucha Brittany Quaid, Wild Culture Kombucha Kellie Grace From: Sent: To: Adam Phillips <adamlp22@gmai1.com> Saturday, March 30, 2024 9:54 AM *City Council Late Handouts Distributed Subject: Please save Pagliai's building (Date) A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** As a frequent visitor to Iowa City and Pagliai s, I strongly encourage you to save this building. Adam Phillips meq, OL - Kellie Grace From: Diann McChristy <diann.mcchristy@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 9:58 AM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai's Building (Date) RISH ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am a 60 -year-old, lifelong resident of Iowa City. I have countless, wonderful memories of the rich history in our community. The Pagliai's Pizza building is an Iowa City treasure! I fully support local landmark status for this historical building. Please consider this at the next board meeting. Thank you, Diann McChristy Resident of Iowa City, since 1963 Kellie Grace From: Dave Tingwald <dave@tingwald.net> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 10:48 AM To: Cc: *City Council Dave Tingwald C Subject: Designate Slezak Hall as Landmark (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Members of Council: Please designate the Slezak Hall property as a historic landmark. This property, now housing Pagliai's, a Laundromat, and apartments, is a unique historic treasure. -Dave Tingwald 631 N. Dodge St. Iowa City, IA 52245-2009 dave@tingwald.net Kellie Grace From: Sheila Boyd <sheilaannboyd@gmailxom> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2024 2:40 PM To: *City Council Subject: Save a Local Landmark t a (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I'm contacting you today to ask for you support in preserving a piece of Iowa City's history. We recently moved from the county into the city to be closer to the heart of this community. Iowa City is a unique city with the mix or University, City, modern and historic that makes this a great community to visit and live. I hope that you remember a few things that I have heard often, that to me doesn't hold water. *Business owners should be able to do whatever they want with their business, Municipalities tell owners what they can and can't do all the time. * We need more low income housing in that area. That is not going to happen given the location and sales price. There are building that are not historic in our community, but this building has been maintained well, in a neighborhood that is trying to establish a walkable business area, and has a tells a story that should remain for all to learn. Two city commissions have supported the building to become a local landmark. Support your commissions and the voice of your community. Respectfully Sheila Boyd O. Kellie Grace From: B.E. Dearborn Huston <bedearborn@gmail.coms Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 9:09 AM Late Handouts Distributeu To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai's Building (Date) RFSK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello City council! I'm a homeowner living in Iowa City's Northside, wanting to write a quick note in support for designating the Pagliai's building in Bloomington as a historical landmark. Please choose to protect this beautiful reminder of Iowa City's past. Thank you, Brooke Dearborn Huston 429 N Governor St, Iowa City � +, Kellie Grace From: Nancy Romalov <nancyromalov@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 10:58 AM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: save Pagliai Bldg (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am writing to encourage you to vote for the Historic Landmark Zoning to preserve the historic Pagliai Bldgs at 302-316 Bloomington street. This building is an important part of our historic record for Iowa City and has a value that cannot be measured in dollars. Please do the right thing by saving this building. Thank You Nancy Romalov Iowa City -±I -q.0 - Kellie Grace From: JERRY ALBERHASKY <alberhasky1946@msn.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 12:52 PM To: *City Council !� l Subject: Save Pagliai's Pizza building (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please consider saving this historic building. So much of Iowa City's history is being torn down, and it needs to be preserved. Sent from my Wad --)i 9.Q -- Kellie Grace Late Handouts UiSMOUICL From: Virginia Hayes <virginiahayes22@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 1:12 PM To: *City Council _ _ l' - Subject: Please save pagliais building (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello council- I write to you today in favor or landmarking or otherwise preserving the historic pagliais building. There are so few intact 1800s structures left in this town, let's save what we can. Thanks much, Virginia Hayes ISAArborist #IW-oo12A Kellie Grace From: Devin Redmond <devinredmond@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 5:10 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: tardy letter - pagliais building L4 -t -D -q. (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Members of the Iowa City City Council: I am asking you to vote for historic local landmark zoning for 302 Bloomington Street. So many of my reasons for wanting to preserve the Pagliai's Building at the corner of Bloomington and Linn Streets are nostalgic. It's where I went on my first date with my husband, it was my first meal after having given birth at Mercy Hospital, and it was my daughter's first restaurant experience at three weeks old— she slept the whole time. When my daughter was a bit older, we would walk downtown while she would ride her bike with training wheels. One of the training wheels came off in the intersection in front of Pagliai's, and a worker ran out with a screwdriver to help us put it back on. I love the window of pizza makers at night and the orange pink glow of the neon lights. The Grant Woodesque atmosphere is heightened when it's snowing. Anthony Fontanini, current owner of Pagliai's Pizza hired my daughter for her first ever official job. She loves it with all capital letters. Like I said— so much nostalgia. Wistfulness aside, I simply don't want to trade the building or my memories for something new, a sterile building that is sleek and probably white or gray with polished cement floors. I don't want the affordable apartments upstairs to go away, only to be replaced by expensive stark white rooms. The bricks on Pagliai's facade were made at a local brickyard. I don't want dump trucks to take load after load to the landfill. I don't want the trees to be uprooted as part of the demolition process. I want the character of the building to stick around for another 100 years, along with all of our recollections since 1875, whether these memories are pizza, grocery store, hotel, or ballroom dancing filled. Thank you, Devin Redmond Kellie Grace From: Mary Rockafellow <rockafellowl0@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 5:51 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: landmark status L (Date) R1SH ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I favor local landmark status for the Pagliai's building. Thank you, Mary Rockafellow �q,a Kellie Grace From: Amanda Mosley <cedar6amanda@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 6:53 AM To: *City Council Late Handouts Distributed Subject: Save Pagliai L+ - (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hey Council Members! Iowa City has the opportunity to save the Pagliai's historic building, which has been a special place to many people over the last 149 years. The Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that this become a local landmark. It's time forthe Council to act and honor our civic ancestors by protecting this building. I favor local landmark status for Pagliai's building. Amanda Mosley 527 3rd ave Iowa City 319-594-7020 Kellie Grace From: Dawn Frary <kittycatbandit@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:07 AM Late Handouts Distributeu To: *City Council Subject: Save the Pagliai's Building! (Date) R15K ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council members, I am writing to express my support in designating the Pagliai's building complex on Bloomington Street as a historic landmark. As development continues to swallow and eliminate historic structures all around us, 1 urge you to consider what this building and its history mean to our community. We have already lost iconic Iowa City institutions such as The Mill and we don't need to lose more of what makes this town special. Preserving and celebrating historic structures is part of what makes Iowa City unique. Please designate this Iowa City icon with landmark status! Best, Dawn Frary Iowa City resident Dawn Frary she /her /hers dawnfrar --t�q.CL.- Kellie Grace From: Nate Pollpeter <n84hawkeyes@yahoo.com> Late Handouts Distributee Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:14 AM To: *City Council Subject: 302-312 E Bloomington Street ` (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members: I am in favor of designating the 302-312 Bloomington property as a historic landmark. The Northside business district has a certain charm that will be lost if we continue to allow developers to tear down and replace with 8 story condos/apartment buildings. Slezak Hall is a historic building and should be designated as such. Thank you Nate Pollpeter 327 Camden Rd 52245 -qct_ Kellie Grace From: Lisa Petrie <petrielisaj@gmail.com> Late Handouts D1Strlbutea Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:21 AM To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai's Bldg @ 302 E. Bloomington t� , (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members - I'm writing to ask that you vote IN FAVOR of the local landmark designation of the Pagliai's Building at 302 E. Bloomington Street. My understanding is that a developer has expressed interest in this lot, presumably for multi- unit housing. Affordable housing is *so* important, but I don't think it has to come at the expense of our local landmarks. Housing, history, and heritage can go hand-in-hand. Please save this beautiful building. Iconic architecture like this makes our town special. Culturally, it's important to preserve a building that meant so much to Iowa's earliest immigrants as a reminder of the importance of continuing to make Iowa City a welcoming place for people from around the world. Thank you for voting IN FAVOR of preserving this lovely building. Regards, Lisa Petrie 728 Rundell St. Iowa City, 52240 1 Kellie Grace From: Mike Fallon <mjfjr@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 12:23 PM Late Handouts Distributea To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai Building � (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members, Hello. I write to you today deeply concerned about the looming fate of the so-called " Pagliai Building." Let us choose not to further hollow the character of our city in the sole pursuit of money. It's incumbent on the public officials to act in accordance with the public will and to preserve the historical character of this city; a city in which they've been entrusted with protecting and preserving. We've all witnessed the ways in which some cities undergo rapid change in the name of progress. What often re- surfaces from modern construction is a form of metastasis, i.e., cheap, cookie -cutter buildings devoid of character, replicated ad nauseam. I urge you to resist the short-sightedness of intractable people hellbent on converting irreplaceable cultural buildings into a quick buck. Sincerely, Mike Fallon, Iowa City "We live in Capitalism; it's power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings." -Ursula K. Le Guin Kellie Grace From: Sent: To: Jackie B. <jackiehockett@gmail.com> Monday, April 1, 2024 12:24 PM *City Council Late Handouts Distributed Subject: Save the Holub Building A {Date} * * This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please landmark the Pagliai's Building! Built environment, and a feeling of one's history matters. Saving this building and landmark is an important step for continuing to preserve the past so we can influence the future. The Northside is a gem, and this building is a contributing part of our community. Thankyou Jackie Biger 519 N. Johnson St. Iowa City, IA Kellie Grace From: Sent: To: Subject: Gross Vera <pwgvmg@gmail.com> Monday, April 1, 2024 12:38 PM *City Council Pagliai's Building Hearing Late Handouts DistribuLL., 4—I -2-L (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members— We are writing in support of designating the "Pagliai's Building" for Historical Preservation" status. We attended the February 8 meeting to lend our support. The issue was approved and forwarded to the next level. Unfortunately we are unable to attend tomorrow's meeting. So we are a letter in support of Preservation status. I (Vera) grew up in Iowa City and not only enjoyed Pagliai's pizza but also went to grade through high school with Brian Pagliai. I moved from IC for 35 years and returned in 2018. My husband and I bought a house at 314 Brown Street— originally built by Joseph Holub who was married to Anna Slezak! He worked at the Slezak grocery store from 1901-1934. Two houses down at 328 Brown was occupied by Joseph Slezak—owner of the Slezak Hotel and Grocery—Pagliai's building. So we feel an especially strong connection to the building at a personal level! Such a recognizable and significant part of Iowa City's history and present and hopefully the future! We are very hopeful that the much deserved historic approval designation will be successful. We appreciate all the work that is done to keep our history in our lives and for the future! Sincerely, Vera and Peter Gross Sent from my Whone meq, o_, Kellie Grace From: naomi greyser <ngreyser@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 1:09 PM To: *City Council Late Handouts Distributed Subject: 302 E Bloomington St - and your stewardship and support of our town q-1— "{—(— 2 -1 - (Date) l(Date) RISK. ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear city council members. I hope that you are well! I am writing to you regardingthe building downtown that houses Pagliai's Pizza. I am strongly in favor of granting the structure historic landmark status. As you likely are aware, the structure has not only been home to Pagliai's since the 1970s, but also has served as an historic hall where civic events, including US centennial. celebrations in 1876, were held. In addition, the building's profile and historic construction are part of the character of the Northside neighborhood. Our challenge as a city is to find ways to sustain economic vibrance AND the vibrance of ourtown simultaneously. There are many spots in Iowa where large box buildings and housing have sprung up in recent years. And there are more spots where such housing could be built. Historic landmark status is about the building itself and also about the job of our mayor and council to be stewards of our town. Please support preserving this structure — and prevent a tear -down of the very character and visible history that Leads people to want to move and live here. Thank you for caring about the Livelihood and flourishing of this small Midwestern city and developing in strategic and smart ways! Warmly, NG Kellie Grace From: K. Addis <kaddis70@yahoo.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 1:12 PM To: *City Council Subject: Please LANDMARK the Pagliai's building Lf _ � (Date) DISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Council Members: Please vote in favor of designating the Pagliai's building as a locallandmark. As one of the oldest buildings in Iowa City, it deserves to have the landmark designation and to be protected from being demolished. Its loss would be significant, not only because it is a beautiful building as well as one of our oldest buildings, but also because it has been a meeting place over the generations and for generations. Four generations of my own family have eaten at Pagliai's, both as a family and out with friends. A new owner would not necessarily understand the importance of this building for the Iowa City community and its history. Please vote LANDMARK! Thank you! Kristin Addis Iowa City resident since 1964 Kellie Grace From: Patricia <paddis333@hotmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 1:38 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: the Pagliai building {Date) I RiSIt * * This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I write as an Iowa City native to urge you to grant landmark status to the Pagliai building. The building is neither empty nor unsafe nor an eyesore. The space is simply coveted by a developer. Surely this is NOT a reason to destroy a community landmark. Patricia Addis 20 West Park Road Iowa City, IA Kellie Grace From: Alex Ackerman <alexackerman14@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 2:10 PM To: *City Council; Jeremy Ackerman Subject: Re: Pagliai's building (Date) I RfSK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council members, We are writing to let you know that we are strongly in favor of granting historic landmark status to the structure that houses Pagliai's Pizza in Northside Iowa City. Please be responsible stewards of our town and prevent the tear -down of such a beautiful and historic building, one that adds so much to the unique character of Iowa City. Thank you for your time and care, Alex and Jeremy Ackerman Kellie Grace From: Jill Harper <harperjill@iowacityschools.org> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 2:11 PM To: *City Council tf„ >+ I Subject: Pagalai's building �r (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council Members, Please consider the preservation of the Northside building in which Pagalai's is located. I, and many other long-time Iowa Citians view this building as a historical landmark and should be honored as such. Sincerely, Jill Harper Iowa City Resident since 1992 Sent from my Whone a_ Kellie Grace From: Mark Weinstein <mrkweinstein@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 2:28 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Pagliai building {Date} RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Greetings, For me , the beauty of the North Side, its special character goes hand in hand with this building. Northside, my favorite part of town, has charm. I hang out there all the time. This part of town is like a sacred oasis. This building is central. I simply wish to add this here. Thank you, Mark Weinstein t . 01 Kellie Grace From: Mary Fran Jensen <maryfranjensen@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 2:57 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Please Save the Pagliai's Building (Date) 1 RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Good Afternoon, As a native Iowa Citian, I am writing to ask that the City Council please vote to save the historic building which is home to Pagliai's Pizza. This building at 302 E. Bloomington St. has been and should continue to be a local landmark. The building is in good condition and should be saved. The fact that the Historic Preservation Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that this become a local landmark says it all! Please do right by our residents past and present! Thank you! Fran Jensen 1 01 Kellie Grace From: Mary BRAUNS <braunsrm@msn.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 3:18 PM To: *City Council Subject: 300 Bloomington St (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** The City should lead the charge in saving sound, historic buildings like this one. Ever wonder why Americans enjoy seeing Europe? It's usually for the historical city center. We can help create that same atmosphere here in iowa city. Sincerely, Randy Brauns Sent from my Thone C' r Kellie Grace From: Will Thomson aarmadillo.arts@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 3:44 PM To: *City Council Subject: Historic designation for Pagliai's building (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council: As a resident of Iowa City for nearly 40 years, I write today to appeal to you as members of the council to approve a local landmark designation for the 1875 brick building known today as Pagliai's Pizza. Its long and important history in the Northside community adjacent to downtown makes it especially important to preserve. Its history as well as its architectural significance places it among several of Iowa City's local landmarks of the last quarter of the lgth century, one of few remaining in the community. Not only made from handmade local brick, perhaps from the brickyard of Nicholas Oakes, by the great great grandfather of the current owners of the building, Joseph Slezak, it is part of the notable Bohemian community in what came to be known as Goosetown, It served as a dry goods store, a tavern, a farmer's hotel, and a capacious meeting hall for the nearby Bohemian community, and included a carriage house. It would be a shame if this historic structure passed out of the family's hands without a historic landmark protection and distinction. I urge the City Council to protect this historically important structure. Sincerely, Will Thomson 516 Grant St Iowa City � r `�► r�®��� City Council Supplemental Meeting Packet CITY OF IOWA CITY April 2, 2024 Information submitted between distribution of the Supplemental Meeting Packet 1 (if any) on Monday and 3:00 pm on Tuesday. Late Handout(s) 9.a. Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark - See Protest of Rezoning from Gary Skarda and correspondence from the following: Northside Marketplace Business owners, Jaque McClure, Bobby Jett, Margaret Eginton Carmichael, Marybeth Slonneger, Kasey & Dennis Befeler, Paul Jensen, Emmaline R Light, Lynda Leidiger, Amy Weismann 9.c. Rezoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd - See correspondence from Joan and Tom Cook 10.i. Assessment Schedule - See revised Exhibit A IP6. Memo from NDS Director - Affordable Housing Fund - Proposed Changes to the Distribution Formula - See correspondence from Ellen McCabe. April 2, 2024 City of Iowa City Item Number: 9.a. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY �fil COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark - See Protest of Rezoning from Gary Skarda and correspondence from the following: Northside Marketplace Business owners, Jaque McClure, Bobby Jett, Margaret Eginton Carmichael, Marybeth Slonneger, Kasey & Dennis Befeler, Paul Jensen, Emmaline R Light, Lynda Leidiger, Amy Weismann Attachments: Protest of Rezoning & Correspondence TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CIIA CUUNCIL'I IOWA CITY, IOWA 4--) - � 1 - TY OF IOWA CITY We, the undersigned, being the owners of property included in the propose(PEWng change, or the owners of property which is located within two hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property for which the zoning change is proposed, do hereby protest the rezoning of the following property: This protest is signed and acknowledged with the intention that such rezoning shall not become effective except by the favorable vote of at least three-fourths of all the members of the council, all in accordance with Section 414.5 of the Code of Iowa, S T 308 3)�,3tt{ fit.Drr� .yr1z Property Address: .`3 b ;L �✓ � � -: 4A ) a O m. ,4_7!d •173x7 Sj— -5,6.W r1 C -fit Yy Prol wo lI►`7►�/i17ilF�if�7� ' � STATE OF IOWA ) JOHNSON COUNTY) ss: _3 M .c cn 3 r z.This instrument was acknowledged before me on A7 PIP/ L A ZL1V (Date) by r-?M� SZ4k(P,4- and (name(s) of indivldua property owner(s)). sag6 Volitlutuxlaa- Ny's'41M�3xu - 80486{ 1a aN tary Pub i and for the State of Iowa o �1 REXER6yNSRANDSTATTER Commission Number 1484oB AUTHORI P WEPl' UE SIGNING FOR PROPERTY OWNER(S): STATE OF IOWA ) JOHNSON COUNTY) ss: This instrument was acknowledged before me on ZU7f _ (Date) b}C'; —1C4;Ce4' (na e(s) o erso )) as (type of authority, such as officer, trustee) of (name of property owner) . s REX ERVJIN 6RANDSTATTER pty�+ Pnb ' ld fOT the State Of IOWa i Commission Number 148408 M C�m,`migsbn Expires Orig: Comicil packet 0512022 Cc: CA — NDS March -April 2024 To Iowa City City Council � f I Late Handouts Distributed `-F - 2-Zt4 302 Bloomington Street has been an anchor in the Northside Marketplace 24� 875, Its unique architecture adds to the charming ambiance that helps draw customers to our commercial district. It is home to two local businesses, Pagliai's Pizza, an Iowa City institution since 1969, and Laundromania. It provides sixteen apartments. Buildings and small businesses like this make the Northside Marketplace a commercial success and add to the special vibrancy of Iowa City that can't be found elsewhere. We the undersigned Northside Marketplace business owners support efforts to preser 302-316 Bloomington Street. 1' Thank you. ryy.. d a 7 Signed, o;:u —» Nate Kaeding, Hamburg Inn No. 2 Todd Thelan, Artifacts John Engelbrecht, Public Space One Kalmia Strong, Public Space One Mark Nolte, Iowa Conservatory, The James Theatre, Nolte Academy Leslie Nolte, Iowa Conservatory, The James Theatre, Nolte Academy Amber Neville, Willow & Stock Angela Barnett, Willow & Stock Leah Ostby, Haba Salon Paul Clark, Hare Parlor Nick Craig, Brix Cheese Shop &Wine Bar Niki Neems, R.S.V.P. Ron Neems, R.S.V.P. Riene Gelman, The Webster John McNamara, Stuart, Carmen & Associates Jean Bott, Stuart, Carmen & Associates John Logan, Russ' Northside Service Mark Patemo, Marco's Grilled Cheese Adelaide Subtil, Claude Thomas Heineman, Claude Alex Karr, George's Buffet Melissa Karr, George's Buffet Mike Karr, George's Buffet Kelsey Wiggs, George's Buffet Kyle Crossett, Wild Culture Kombucha Brittany Quaid, Wild Culture Kombucha Molly Kirby, Nomadic Foods, Tru Coffee Management Connor Jenkins, Nomadic Foods, Tru Coffee Management Suzanna Rodriguez, Bluebird Diner Emma Goldman Clinic Kellie Grace From: Jacque McClure <jacmcclure50@gmail.com> Late Handouts lliNit tux. Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 4:41 PM To: *City Council Subject: Please landmark the Pagliai's Building complex at 302-316 Bloomington y+, (Date) R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** This was one of the first restaurants I visited after moving to the city in 1970, it being in the neighborhood. And one of a dwindling number of historic buildings that illustrate the style and character of the city's early days. Please do what you can to preserve it. Thank you, Jacque McClure Kellie Grace From: Bobby Jett <bobbyjettl @gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 6:36 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Paglia's building designation (Date) R SH ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** As much as I am a fan of Iowa City history, the City should NEVER force an owner into an historic designation if they are opposed to it. That is no better that imminent domain land grab. The owner is responsible for all maitenance and taxes and all other costs and I think has made very clear that he is no longer able to maintain upkeep and needs to sell. The City MUST respect the owners wishes. O., Kellie Grace From: Margaret Eginton <meginton@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 8:21 PM Late Handouts Distributeti To: *City Council Subject: Paglai's building A (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please don't allow this building to go! It's a landmark full of history for the neighborhood and generations of Iowa Citians And it's a beautiful building which can have many uses. To ask Paglais to move is not good. To tear it down to build apartments isn't progress but urban creep. Let's preserve our history! My sixth grade teacher lived there! It's the gateway to the North Side! Sincerely, Meg Eginton-Carmichael Margaret Eginton Carmichael *q,oL Kellie Grace From: Mary Slonneger <slonnmb@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 8:57 PM Late Handouts Distribute To: *City Council Subject: Slezak Hall/Holub Hall (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To Mayor Teague & Council Members I am addressing these remarks to Mayor Teague because of his thoughtful and respectful dealings with others. About six years ago I began research on Iowa City homes, interested in what were the oldest, in what style they were built, who owned them and where were the most desireable places to live. There are a few 1840s buildings still standing that represent the earliest homes after the log cabin eara. And I found that Capitol St and Iowa Ave seemed to be prime locations. Now we are discussing a building from 1875 which I know more commonly as Holub Hall because of the people I've interviewed. Joseph Holub was described as a popular man (I Est of JC). And because of the reputation of Bohemian women as excellent cooks, no doubt the lunches he served were delicious, as was the addition of a glass of beer. Holub Hall would have been a downtown magnet: it was centrally located with a welcoming host, a good meal, a place to stay in town, a source for groceries, a room above for weekly socializing, dances and parties, and "parking spots" for one's horse on the grounds. German band, shared stories, opportunities and news. The building would have heard jokes, laughter, a But what I discovered at the end of my research is the realization that we are all tied together as part of a family. For those born here, or who chose to move here, for those that have stayed, we are all linked, and for some, Iowa City may be a replacement for biological family. We inherit and then pass on certain familiar places that identify our town. Not much of pre -1875 downtown exists. Not one with the individuality of this building with its baroque pediment once announcing Narodni Sin/National Hall. It has an idiosyncratic style characteristic of the creative Bohemian character. In addition, the building is a container for hundreds of voices of those who entered it. It is a gift to all of us who view it as a capsule of our history, a landmark of who we are. Thank you, Marybeth Slonneger Kellie Grace From: Sent: To. kbefeler akbefeler@gmail.com> Monday, April 1, 2024 9:05 PM *City Council Late Handouts Distributed Subject: Please landmark this building - Pagliai's (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council, We're writing again to implore you to landmark the Pagliai's Building complex. It is an important example of Czech Heritage and architecture. It has already been a landmark structure to Iowa City for many, many years. Iowa City doesn't need to lose more of its historic structures. They are what make this city unique and beautiful. Sincerely, Kasey & Dennis Befeler Manville Heights Residents Kellie Grace From: Paul Jensen <pjensen2210@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distrl u =e Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 10:27 PM To: *City Council Subject: Please Protect the Pagliai's Building a (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hi all, I'm a lifelong Iowa city resident. I'd like to express my sincere hope the "pagliai's building" is made a local landmark, or at least is not allowed to be torn down. People love the goosetown neighborhood because of the character, charm and history that the neighborhood represents. The buildings and architecture are the foundation of that feeling of "being grounded" when in a historic district. That feeling is a delicate asset, and city planners would do well to qualify and protect it. Please do the right thing and preserve this building. Sincerely, Paul Jensen Kellie Grace From: emmadoula@mail.com Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 10:44 AM bate Handouts Distributeu To: *City Council Subject: Landmark Designation of Historic Paglaiai's Building: In Favor A (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** My name is Emmaline Light and I have lived in Iowa City off and on since my college years. I currently, and have always lived on the Historic Northside, because of the history and charm in that area. I have always found the Paglaiai's Building to be one of the most charming in the area, and a key landmark in the Historic Northside area, as along with keeping the brick streets, the brick buildings must be kept as well. Sincerely, Emmaline R Light BA Cornell College, LMT Sent using the mail.com mail app Kellie Grace From: Lynda Leidiger <lynda.leidiger@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 11:40 AM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Please save Pagliai's! A (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** We don't need to lose any more precious pieces of Iowa City's history. In another area of town -- such as the Longfellow Historic District, where I've lived for 30 years -- it would not be possible to consider altering, much less destroying, the Pagliai's building. We need to be diligent about protecting the features that give Iowa City its unique character and preserving them for future generations. Sincerely, Lynda Leidiger 624 Grant St. lrq'o- Kellie Grace From: Amy Weismann <alwiowa@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 1:32 PM To: *City Council Subject: support for historical designation of 302-216 E Bloomin�t�T�Sijpj�l�{6GGIuted Skarda Building Rtsk (Date ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I write in FAVOR of designating 302-216 E Bloomington St., the Slezak-Holub-Skarda Building, an Iowa City Historic Landmark. It has great architectural as well as historic value to the community. It is an iconic example of late 19th century Italianate design, one of the few left in our region, The building served as a vital and unique cultural space for Czech immigrant community in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a community vital to the development of Iowa City and all of Eastern Iowa. Please vote to preserve this heritage for current and future generations. Sincerely, Amy Weismann 112 S. Lowell St. Iowa City, IA 52245 I Item Number: 9.b. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Ordinance rezoning approximately 4.5 acres of property located at 429, 430, 436-438, and 501 Southgate Avenue and 1916 Waterfront Drive from Intensive Commercial (CI -1) Zone to Community Commercial (CC -2) Zone. (REZ24-0002) (Second Consideration) Attachments: Staff Report with Attachments PZ 2.7.24 minutes Ordinance STAFF REPORT To: Planning and Zoning Commission Item: REZ24-0002 GENERAL INFORMATION: Applicant Owners: Requested Action: Purpose: Location: Location Map: Prepared by: Parker Walsh, Associate Planner Date: February 7, 2024 City of Iowa City 410 E Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240 Shelter House PO Box 3146 Iowa City, IA 52244 Community & Family Resources 211 Avenue M West Fort Dodge, IA 50501 Youth Homes, Inc. 1916 Waterfront Drive Iowa City, IA 52240 City initiated rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of land from Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) to Community Commercial Zone (CC -2) To align existing uses with compatible zones following the recent City Zoning Code amendment 1916 Waterfront Drive, 429 Southgate Avenue, 430 Southgate Avenue, 436-438 Southgate Avenue, and 501 Southgate Avenue Size: 4.5 acres Existing Land Use and Zoning: Surrounding Land Use and Zoning: Comprehensive Plan: District Plan: Neighborhood Open Space District: Public Meeting Notification: File Date: 45 Day Limitation Period: Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) North: Community Commercial Zone (CC -2) South: High Density Single Family Residential with a Planned Development Overlay (OPD/RS-12) East: Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) West: Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) General Commercial and Intensive Commercial South District Plan: Commercial S1 Properties within 500' of the subject property received notification of the Planning and Zoning Commission public meeting. Rezoning signs were posted on the properties on 1/17/24. January 4, 2024 February 18, 2024 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On November 6, 2023, Iowa City City Council adopted multiple amendments to the text of the Zoning Code (Ordinance 23-4914) to improve housing choice, increase housing supply, and encourage housing affordability. The amendments also included several provisions to address potential fair housing issues. Changes included: 1. Treating assisted group living uses more consistently with multi -family uses; and 2. Reclassifying community service — long term housing as a residential use. These two changes created some non -conformities for existing uses, specifically by reclassifying existing community service -long term housing as multi -family and no longer allowing assisted group living uses in Intensive Commercial (CI -1) zones. The purpose of this city -initiated rezoning application is to rezone several properties near the intersection of Waterfront Drive and Southgate Avenue currently zoned CI -1 to Community Commercial (CC -2) to better align their zoning with their existing uses following these recent zoning code changes. No changes to existing uses are proposed as part of this application. Staff met with all property owners. All property owners have expressed their support for the rezoning in writing (Attachment 4). A Good Neighbor Meeting was held on January 30, 2024, which was attended by staff and two others from the community. The summary of this meeting is available in Attachment 4. 3 ANALYSIS: The subject properties are all part of the Braverman Center Lot 2 of Block 1 and Blocks 5, 6, and 7 subdivision. They were zoned Intensive Commercial (CI -1) on December 20, 1983 as part of the comprehensive rezoning of the City with the adoption of the 1983 zoning code update. The surrounding properties were also zoned CI -1 as part of this comprehensive rezoning. Prior to that, the subject properties were zoned Light Industrial (M1). This area has gradually changed over the past 40 years. Commercial uses along the highway began to spread further south as additional residential development continued to occur in the South District. In 1994 (Ord. 94-3653), the HyVee property to the north was rezoned to Community Commercial (CC -2). The nonprofit uses currently occupying the subject properties began establishing themselves in the area in the late 1990s through the mid -2000s. In addition, CC -2 zoning continued to expand, especially in 2006 when CC -2 zoning extended down Boyrum Street (Ord. 06-4211 and Ord. 06-4223), S. Gilbert Street (Ord. 06-4224), and along Stevens Drive (Ord. 06-4240). In 2018, the County purchased and rezoned land to the west to establish the GuideLink Center, which offers urgent mental health and substance use services. While there are still many uses consistent with the CI -1 zoning designation nearby, further expansion of the CC -2 zone to the subject properties makes sense given the existing land uses. At the same time, the meaning of CI -1 zoning designation has also changed over time. When it was first adopted in 1983, multi -family, group care facilities (now called assisted group living), and transitional housing uses were allowed by special exception in the CI -1 zone. However, in 2005, the zoning changed such that multi -family uses were no longer allowed; however assisted group living and community service — shelter uses continued to be allowed in the CI -1 zone. Community service — long term housing was added as an institutional use category in 2016, which was also allowed by special exception in CI -1 zones. Overtime the CI -1 zone has gone from an all- encompassing commercial zone to being focused more towards intensive commercial development. Due to residential uses being removed over the years, and the primary intent of the CI -1 zone changing, staff felt it was necessary to remove the remaining residential uses from the zone as they were incompatible. The 2023 zoning code text amendments related to housing addressed potential fair housing issues by aligning assisted group living and community service — long term housing with other residential uses. This led to the removal of assisted group living and community service — long term housing as an allowable use in the CI -1 zone because other residential uses were also prohibited. The 2023 zoning code text amendments also simplified the process by which assisted group living is allowed in CC -2 through by removing the need for a special exception. The City is initiating this rezoning because the zoning code text amendments adopted on November 6, 2023, no longer allow other uses similar to residential uses in CI -1 zones, which resulted in the creation of several legal nonconforming uses on the subject properties. It is important to correct this issue as nonconforming uses are not allowed to be enlarged or altered in such a way that would be considered an expansion of a nonconforming use. This may limit or prohibit any future development under the existing uses. Current Zoning: The subject properties are currently zoned Intensive Commercial (CI -1). The purpose of CI -1 is to provide areas for those sales and service functions and businesses whose operations are typically characterized by outdoor display and storage of merchandise, by repair and sales of large equipment or motor vehicles, by outdoor commercial amusement and recreational activities or by activities or operations conducted in buildings or structures not completely enclosed. The types of retail trade in this zone are limited in order to provide opportunities for more land intensive commercial operations and also to prevent conflicts between retail and industrial truck traffic. Special attention must be directed toward buffering the negative aspects of allowed uses from W adjacent residential zones. With the 2023 zoning code text amendment, no residential uses are allowed in a CI -1 zone. This change is intended to remove residential uses from a zone that typically utilizes more intense uses that are not compatible with residential. Proposed Zoning: The request is to rezone the subject properties from the existing CI -1 to Community Commercial (CC -2) zone. The purpose of CC -2 is to provide for major business districts to serve a significant segment of the total community population. In addition to a variety of retail goods and services, these centers may typically feature a number of large traffic generators requiring access from major thoroughfares. While these centers are usually characterized by indoor operations, uses may have limited outdoor activities; provided, that outdoor operations are screened or buffered to remain compatible with surrounding uses. The CC -2 zone would make the existing assisted living uses conforming, allowing for potential expansions and other site renovations. Without the rezoning, the existing properties would continue as legal nonconformities, but be unable to expand until rezoned. The CC -2 zone would also be continuous with CC -2 zoned property to the north. Table 1 below outlines a comparison of the uses allowed in the existing CI -1 zone and the proposed CC -2 zone. Table 1: Uses Allowed in Commercial Zones Uses Categories Community Commercial Intensive Commercial Residential—AssistedGrou Living PR Residential — Group Household PR Residential — Multi -Family PR/S Adult Business PR Animal Related Commercial — General PR PR Animal Related Commercial — Intensive PR Building Trade Uses PR P Commercial Recreation — Indoor P P Commercial Recreation — Outdoor S P Drinking Establishments PR PR Eating Establishments P P Office - General P P Office — Medical/Dental P P Quick Vehicle Servicing PR/S PR/S Retail—Alcohol Sales P P Retail — Delayed Deposit PR Retail — Hospitality P P Outdoor Storage and Display PR P Retail — Personal Service P P Retail — Repair P P Retail — Sales P P Surface Passenger Service P P Vehicle Repair S PR Industrial Service P General Manufacturing PR PR Heavy Manufacturing S Technical/Light Manufacturing PR PR Self Service Storage S P Warehouse & Freight Movement P Wholesale Sales P Basic Utility PR/S PR/S Community Service — Shelter S S General Community Service P S Daycare PR PR General Education S Specialized Education P S Parks and Open Space PR Religious/Private Group Assembly P P Utility Scale Ground Mounted Solar S S Communication Transmission Facility PR/S PR/S P = Permitted, PR = Provisional, S = Special Exception, - Not Allowed Property Analysis: Staff prepared an analysis of the properties to summarize existing nonconforming uses and detail what would change due to the proposed rezoning. The proposed rezoning would better align the zoning with the existing land uses and compatible development. The subject properties may continue to use the sites as currently established, regardless of the nonconforming use. However, according to 14-4E-5 of the City Code, any future redevelopment, expansions, or alterations of the subject properties may be prohibited if they are considered expansions of the nonconforming use. The purpose of the analysis is to determine if the CC -2 zone is a compatible alternative that would not create additional nonconforming use issues that would limit any future development of the existing properties. Any future development activity on the subject properties would require a site plan, which may uncover additional Code compliance concerns that would need to be satisfied as part of the site plan review process. A nonconforming analysis of the properties is below. 1916 Waterfront Dr: Four Oaks A special exception was granted in order to establish and expand a group care facility use (now called assisted group living) to allow 24 roomers. Today, the property is no longer used for assisted group living. It is primarily a general community service use with medical offices. • If the property were to remain zoned CI -1 a special exception would be required to expand the general community service use and assisted group living would not be allowed. Both uses are allowed provisionally in the proposed CC -2 zone. 430 Southgate Ave: Community & Family Resources • The current uses for the property include assisted group living which received a special exception in 1985 and general office. While assisted group living is no longer allowed in CI -1 zones. both uses are allowed in CC -2. • The property received a parking reduction through a special exception in 2000 that required 84 spaces between this property and 436-438 Southgate Ave; together, these parcels constitute a single tract. 436 - 438 Southgate Ave: Community & Family Resources • The current uses for the property include multi -family and ground floor office. Multi -family has not been allowed in CI -1 zones since at least 2005. This is currently an established legal nonconforming use in CI -1. • In the CC -2 zone multi -family uses above the ground floor are allowed provisionally. Because this constitutes a tract with 430 Southgate Ave, the multi -family uses meet current dwelling unit density standards. 429 Southgate Ave: Shelter House • In 2004 the property owner received a special exception to establish a community service — shelter use for up to 70 temporary residents. This use requires a special exception in both CI -1 and CC -2 zones. This use was legally established and could continue to operate under the existing special exception. 501 Southgate Ave: Shelter House • In 2020, this property received a special exception to establish a community service — long term housing use, but the 2023 zoning code text amendment eliminated it as a use type. • The use is now classified as multi -family with accessory supportive services. The multi- family use is not allowed in the CI -1 zone, but it is allowed in CC -2 zones either provisionally or by special exception. • The property currently has 36 one -bedroom units, which is more than the maximum density allowed in CC -2 zones. As such, the proposed rezoning would bring the site into greater compliance with the zoning code, though it would still be considered a nonconforming use due to density. However, its current use may continue to operate as a legal nonconforming use. • Due to the reclassification in use to multi -family, the parking ratio has changed, which leads to a nonconforming situation. The property currently has 30 spaces instead of 36 spaces as would be required under its new land use category. However, all units are affordable, which would no longer require parking under the 2023 zoning code text amendments if the owner entered into an affordable housing agreement. Although this is not required of the owner, it is an option that could bring the parking into compliance with current standards. Regardless, the use can continue to operate as -is. Rezoning Review Criteria: Staff uses the following two criteria in the review of rezoning: 1. Consistency with the comprehensive plan; 7 2. Compatibility with the existing neighborhood character. Consistency with Comprehensive Plan: The IC2030 Comprehensive Plan identifies the subject properties as suitable for General Commercial and Intensive Commercial land uses. The Comprehensive Plan also states that "in addition to the District Plans, the neighborhood design principles should be considered when interpreting the land use map". The Comprehensive Plan goes on to state, "use the District Plans to identify appropriate commercial nodes and zone accordingly to focus commercial development to meet the needs of the present and future population". The neighborhood design principle Buffer Residential Development from Incompatible Uses emphasizes the importance of providing sufficient buffers to assure the long-term livability of neighborhoods. Although many of the allowed uses in CC -2 are similar to those in CI -1, many of the more intensive uses are provisional with approval criteria such as higher intensity screening to maintain a buffer. The land use chapter of the Comprehensive Plan includes a strategy to, "Plan for appropriate transitions between residential neighborhoods and higher intensity commercial to ensure the long-term health of neighborhood". Currently, the properties south of Southgate Ave abut existing residential to the south. The South District Plan Future Land Use Map designates the subject properties as Commercial to provide the opportunity for a large variety of uses that serve a major segment of the community. Similar to the IC2030 plan, the South District Plan emphasizes the importance of the neighborhood design principles, specifically, to buffer residential development from incompatible uses to help ensure the long-term livability of neighborhoods. Goal 4 of the South District Plan Commercial Area — Goals and Objectives states "ensuring that commercial areas and uses contribute to the long term vitality and appeal of adjacent neighborhoods". The objectives to achieve this goal go on to state "Explore the potential for mixed use, residential, or institutional uses. Any proposed rezoning of this area should be scrutinized to ensure that new development contributes to the overall health of the surrounding neighborhood, including nearby residential uses". Although no new development is planned with this rezoning, the existing residential uses in the area are noted in the Plan as desirable to promote a long term healthy neighborhood. The CC -2 zone would allow these residential uses, while also removing the ability to develop some incompatible uses allowed in CI -1. CC -2 also puts a greater emphasis on buffering incompatible uses through increased screening and setback standards, which will further contribute to the overall health and neighborhood compatibility of existing and future development in the area. Compatibility with Existing Neighborhood Character: The rezoning would bring the existing land uses more in conformance with the zoning code, while also allowing for future redevelopment to uses that more closely fit with the Comprehensive Plan's vision. Rezoning to CC -2 is more compatible with the existing residential H uses to the south. The existing land uses also provide the transition envisioned in the Comprehensive Plan. Specifically, the land uses transition from high density single family manufactured housing park, to multi -family and assisted group living uses, to community service and medical office, and finally into the HyVee commercial area to the north. See Figure 1. Directly to the east of the subject properties is Plumb Supply Company, a plumbing supply store with outdoor storage. Directly to the west, across Waterfront Dr., is Ruiz Auto Repair and Fiddlehead Gardens, both with outdoor storage. The outdoor storage uses are generally less compatible with the existing residential uses. However, if these properties redevelop in the future, additional screening may be required to buffer the residential uses, as well as screening of the outdoor storage areas from adjacent properties. A rezoning of the subject properties to CC -2 would ensure that the existing properties are conforming, while also allowing future commercial redevelopment that would remain compatible with the surrounding CI -1 uses. SUMMARY: In summary, Staff initiated and supports the rezoning from Intensive Commercial (CI -1) to Community Commercial (CC -2). Rezoning to CC -2 would restore the existing uses to conforming use status. Additionally, given the existing development in the area, the rezoning to CC -2 would create a more compatible neighborhood envisioned in the Comprehensive Plan as the zone emphasizes buffers between incompatible uses, while also removing the ability to develop some incompatible uses allowed in CI -1. NEXT STEPS: Upon recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, a public hearing will be scheduled for consideration by the City Council. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of REZ24-0002, a rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of properties located at 429 Southgate Ave, 430 Southgate Ave, 436-438 Southgate Ave, 501 Southgate Ave, and 1916 Waterfront Dr. from Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) to Community Commercial Zone (CC -2). ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map 2. Zoning Map 3. Applicant Statement 4. Good Neighbor Meeting Summary 5. Property Owner Statements Approved by: Danielle Sitzman, AICP, Development Services Coordinator Department of Neighborhood and Development Services ATTACHMENT 1 Location Map 10 ATTACHMENT 2 Zoning Map N W. S 0 0.03 0.06 REZ24-0002 0.11 Miles City -Initiated CI -1 to CC -2 Rezoning Prepared By: Melanie Comer Date Prepared: December 2023 0 tiff, R w r } ■ ■ • '. - ■ ". ■ ■ ■ (iii40J .. Aft t •Erna# - ■ ■ X. ft 0 11 ATTACHMENT 3 Applicant Statement January 31, 2024 CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City Planning and Zoning Commission Iowa City. Iowa 52240-1826 410 E. Washington Street (3 19) 356-5000 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 (319) 356-5009 FAX WW1VJCgov.0rg RE: City -Initiated Rezoning from Intensive Commercial (CI -1) to Community Commercial (CC -2) To the Planning and Zoning Commission: On November 6, 2023, Iowa City City Council adopted multiple amendments to the text of the Zoning Code (Ordinance 23-4914) to improve housing choice, increase housing supply, and encourage housing affordability. The amendments also included several provisions to address potential fair housing issues. Changes included: 1. Treating assisted group living uses more consistently with multi -family uses; and 2. Reclassifying community service — long term housing as a residential use. These two changes created some non -conformities for existing uses, including properties newly classified as multi -family and properties with assisted group living uses in Intensive Commercial (CI -1) zones. The purpose of this City -initiated rezoning application is to better align the zoning of several properties near the intersection of Waterfront Drive and Southgate Avenue with their existing uses following these changes. The application would rezone them from CI -1 to Community Commercial (CC -2). The subject properties were identified based on an analysis of properties zoned CI -1 throughout the City. If you have any questions regarding this application, please do not hesitate to reach out. Regards, Kirk Lehmann. AICP Associate Planner Neighborhood and Development Services City of Iowa City 12 ATTACHMENT 4 Good Neighbor Meeting Summary Summary Report for Good Neighbor Meeting Project Name: REZ24-0002: CI -1 to CC -2 Meeting Date and Time: ,January 30, 2024 at 5:30 pm I t - I OEM� CITY OF IOWA CITY Location: NE of Waterfront or & Southgate Ave Meeting Location: Dream City, 611 Southgate Ave, Iowa City, IA 52240 Names of Applicant Representatives attending: Kirk Lehmann, Associate Planner Parker Walsh, Associate Planner Names of City Staff Representatives attending: Madison Conley, Associate Planner Number of Neighbors Attending: 2 Sign -In Attached? Yes X No General Comments received regarding project (attach additional sheets if necessary) Most of the discussion centered around what exactly was happening and why. Questions that were raised included how do non -conformities affect the properties, what zones allow residential uses, what is the zoning of surrounding properties, and what are the next steps in the process. Concerns expressed regarding project (attach additional sheets if necessary) - No concerns were expressed. Will there be any changes made to the proposal based on this input? If so, describe: No. Staff Representative Comments GOOD NEIGHBOR MEETING SIGN -IN SHEET CASE: REZ24-0002 DATE: JANUARY 30, 2024 LOCATION: DREAM CITY, 611 SOUTHGATE AVENUE IOWA CITY, IA 52240 Name WL --S iiynlAJ uum 13 ATTACHMENT 5 Property Owner Statements Kirk Lehmann From: Marty Stoll <MLS@shuttleworthlaw.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 9:56 AM To: Kirk Lehmann; Mary Beth O'Neill Cc: Anne Russett; Parker Walsh Subject: RE: 0-1 to CC -2 Meeting Follow Up A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Thank you for forwarding this information, Kirk. Four Oaks is supportive of the rezoning in order to allow for future use of the property for group living purposes, even if such residential use is on a short-term or temporary basis. Thank you, Marty Marty L. Stoll Attorney and Senior Member SHUTTLEWORTH & INGERSOLL, P.L.C. Street: 115 3P'D Street SE, Suite 500 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401 Mailing: P.O. Box 2107 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406-2107 Phone: 319-365-9461 Fax: 319-365-8443 Email: MLS Shuttleworthlaw.com Web Site: www.shuttleworthlaw.com Linkedhi Shuttleworth & INGERSOLL :1'1"I OItN I:YS :VL I.:I%V • I:tiE VM,1SI 11 A) 1854 Confidentiality Notice: Since email messages sent between you and Shuttleworth & Ingersoll P.L.0 and its employees are transmitted over the Internet, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll P.L.C. cannot assure that such messages are secure. You should be careful in transmitting information to Shuttleworth & Ingersoll P.L.C. that you consider confidential. If you are uncomfortable with such risks, you may decide not to use email to communicate with Shuttleworth & Ingersoll P.L.C. This message is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, 18 USC Section 2510-2515, is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may contain information COMMUNITY & FAMILY RESOURCES 14" FV -.d -k, &,b,"uuv&4 January 18, 2024 Kirk Lehmann, Associate Planner City of Iowa City 410 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Mr. Lehmann, On behalf of Community and Family Resources, I am confirming our agency's support of the re -zoning of our properties at 430 and 436-438 Southgate Avenue, Iowa City, from CI -1 to CC -2 as we discussed. As a local non-profit provider of substance use, mental health, and problem gambling treatment and prevention services, Community and Family Resources is invested in understanding and meeting the needs of our community members. The proposed re -zoning will allow us to pursue plans to accommodate more clients in need within our facility. We appreciate your partnership in advocating for the behavioral health needs of our community. Sincerely, Michelle De La Riva, LMFT, CADC Executive Director Community and Family Resources O211 Avenue M West I Fort Dodge, IA 150501 O p. 319.688.8000 300 Southgate Ave. I Iowa City, IA 152240 f. 855.312.7679 cfrhelps.org Kirk Lehmann From: Crissy Canganelli <crissy@shelterhouseiowa.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 2:01 PM To: Kirk Lehmann Cc: Anne Russett; Parker Walsh Subject: RE: REZ24-0002: Rezoning Mailings, Signs, and Timeline A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hello Kirk, Thank you for the timeline details and I apologize for failing to respond to your original email on this subject. Please accept this as written assurance of Shelter House's support for the City of Iowa City to rezone the properties located at 429 and 501 Southgate from CI -1 to CC -2. Thank you, CRISSY C A NTGANELLI Executive Director 319-338 tG Ek1. 305 cdssy®sneRerhousalowa,org wwwsheherM1o�seiowa.org ©4N9 hgMe Avnur,b aCity IAS2 0 From: Kirk Lehmann <KLehmann@iowa-city.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1:17 PM To: Crissy Canganelli <crissy@shelterhouseiowa.org> Cc: Anne Russett <ARussett@iowa-city.org>; Parker Walsh <PWalsh@iowa-city.org> Subject: [External] REZ24-0002: Rezoning Mailings, Signs, and Timeline Hello Crissy, This message is to inform you that mailings will go out and signs will be posted at your properties tomorrow. You will receive a copy of the letter in the mail, but I've also attached it for your convenience. The timeline for public meetings is as follows: Good Neighbor Meeting: A Good Neighbor Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. at Dream City, 611 Southgate Avenue in Iowa City. This meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to learn about the requested rezoning and provide informal feedback regarding this proposal. City staff will lead the meeting. A representative of your agency may attend but is not required. MINUTES FINAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 7, 2024-6:OOPM—FORMAL MEETING EM MA J. HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Susan Craig, Mike Hensch, Maria Padron, Scott Quellhorst, Billie Townsend, Chad Wade MEMBERS ABSENT: Maggie Elliott STAFF PRESENT: Liz Craig, Anne Russett, Parker Walsh OTHERS PRESENT: RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: By a vote of 6-0 the Commission recommends approval of REZ24-0002, a rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of properties located at 429 Southgate Ave, 430 Southgate Ave, 436- 438 Southgate Ave, 501 Southgate Ave, and 1916 Waterfront Dr. from Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) to Community Commercial Zone (CC -2). CALL TO ORDER: Hensch called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA: None. REZONING ITEMS CASE NO. REZ24-0002 Location: 1916 Waterfront Dr, 429 Southgate Ave, 430 Southgate Ave, 436-438 Southgate Ave, and 501 Southgate Ave A City -initiated application for a rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of land from Intensive Commercial (CI -1) zone to Community Commercial (CC -2) zone. Walsh began the staff report showing the location map of the five properties and also the zoning map. The area is currently zoned CI -1 and it's bordered by CC -2 to the north and then farther to the west and to the east. Walsh noted there are some residential zones to the south. In November 2023 City Council adopted multiple amendments to the zoning code that were intended to improve housing choice, increase housing supply and encourage housing affordability. The amendments also included provisions to address potential fair housing issues. Walsh stated those changes included treating assisted group living uses more consistently with multifamily uses and reclassifying community service long-term housing as a residential use. He also clarified community service long-term housing is no longer a use in the zoning code so the existing properties are now considered multifamily. Since the Code amendments removed residential uses from CI -1 zones and any residential uses that are existing in CI -1 are considered non -conforming. Planning and Zoning Commission February 7, 2024 Page 2 of 7 Regarding the zoning history, as of 1983 the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code update turned many of the commercial properties to CI -1 in this area and then gradually over the last 40 or so years this area has evolved from more than just CI -1. The change started in 1994 with the HyVee property to the north and then in 2006 some properties along Boyrum Street and locations just east of HyVee were rezoned to CC -2 to accommodate a HyVee expansion. Also in 2006 properties located north and south of Stevens Drive were rezone CC -2 and the last rezoning in 2006 for this area was along South Gilbert Street and that extended north through Stevens Drive and then along both the west and east side of South Gilbert Street. The properties discussed tonight began establishment in the mid-1990s through the mid -2000s and they have remained CI -1 since they were established. However, during the last 40 years the meaning and the intent of the intensive commercial zone has also changed. When CI -1 was first adopted, multifamily assisted group living and transitional housing were all allowed in CI -1 through special exceptions, and CI -1 was initially an all-encompassing commercial zone. That has changed over time as the zone now focuses more on intensive commercial uses and in 2005 multifamily was removed from an allowable used in a CI -1 zone. Then in 2016 community service long-term housing was added as an allowable use through special exceptions and then in 2023 the City addressed potential fair housing issues by aligning assisted group living and community service long-term housing with other residential uses changing those uses to be no longer allowed in CI -1 zones. The properties are currently zoned Intensive Commercial which is a zone generally focused towards operations typically characterized as outdoor display, repair and sale of large equipment or motor vehicles. Outdoor commercial amusement and retail uses are limited in this zone to provide opportunities for those more intensive commercial uses. Walsh reiterated no residential uses are allowed in CI -1 following the 2023 Zoning Code Amendment. Staff are proposing Community Commercial or CC -2 zone as this zone usually provides areas tended for a variety of retail goods and services, they're usually indoor services with limited outdoor activities. If there are to be outdoor uses in the CC -2 zone they tend to come with approval criteria that include more intense screening or increased setbacks. CC -2 zoning would allow residential uses such as assisted group living and multifamily and without this rezoning these properties could continue operating as legal non -conforming uses, but they would be unable to expand unless they are rezoned or the use changes. Walsh next shared the table that was included in the agenda packet that compared the CC -2 property uses and CI -1 uses. Again, residential uses are only allowed in the CC -2 zone and have all been removed from Intensive Commercial. Some of the more notable Intensive Commercial uses that would not be allowed in Community Commercial include industrial services, heavy manufacturing, warehouse and freight movement and wholesales. There are still some uses allowed in CC -2 that may be seen as more intensive, but these are generally provisional uses that would require increased screening or increased buffers to maintain compatible to the neighborhoods. Staff did prepare an analysis to summarize the existing non -conforming uses in detail of what will change as part of this rezoning. The CC -2 zone would better align the zoning with the existing land uses and compatible development. While the sites may continue to operate as legal nonconformities in the CI -1 without this rezoning there are zoning code standards that would prohibit any redevelopment, expansion or alterations under the existing uses. Planning and Zoning Commission February 7, 2024 Page 3 of 7 Walsh next reviewed the individual properties included in this rezoning. The 501 Southgate Avenue property is a multifamily use, 429 Southgate is a community service use, 436 and 438 Southgate are multifamily with ground floor offices, 430 Southgate is assisted group living and then the last property of the subject rezoning is 1916 Waterfront Drive which is general community service and medical offices. The 1916 Waterfront Drive property is bordered to the north by HyVee, to the east with Plumb Supply Company and to the west with Fiddlehead Gardens and an auto repair shop. 1916 Waterfront Drive is the Four Oaks property and they received a special exception to establish a group care facility, which is now referred to as assisted group living but the property is no longer used for assisted group living. The property owners shared that the existing use is now general community service and medical office, and both of those existing uses would be permitted under the CC -2 zone. However, if it were to remain CI -1 and they wanted to have an expansion it would require another special exception for that general community service use and if they wanted to reestablish the assisted living use they could do so in a CC -2 zone provisionally. 430 Southgate Avenue is the Community & Family Resources property. They received a specia exception in 1985 for assisted group living so this is currently a legal non -conforming property following the 2023 Zoning Code Amendment, but associate group living would be allowed in the CC -2 zone. 436 - 438 Southgate are another Community & Family Resource property. The existing uses are multifamily with ground floor office, and multifamily has not been allowed in CI -1 since 2005 so the property is a legal non -conforming use right now but again if rezoned these uses would be allowed provisionally and the multifamily wouldn't be additional non -conforming concerns as it is located above the ground floor. 429 Southgate Avenue is the Shelter House property and they received a special exception in 2004 for community service shelter with up to 70 temporary residents. The community service shelter requires a special exception in both CI -1 and CC -2 so they could continue to operate in either zone as it's already been legally established. 501 Southgate is another Shelter House property that received a special exception in 2020 for community service long-term use. As mentioned, this use no longer exists in the Zoning Code following the 2023 Zoning Code Amendment and it's now referred to as multifamily. So, the existing uses on the site would be multifamily with accessory supportive services. Multifamily again is not allowed in CI -1 and it would be allowed provisionally or through a special exception in CC -2 and that just depends on where the multifamily would be located, if on the ground floor it requires a special exception, above the ground floor staff can approve it provisionally. Currently the site has 36 one -bedroom units so it does exceed the maximum density allowed in CC -2 and therefore would remain a legal non -conforming use. Walsh noted the rezoning wouldn't resolve all of the non -conformities, but the site could continue to operate as a legal non -conforming use. Walsh stated the Comprehensive Plan identifies the properties suitable for General Commercial and Intensive Commercial with specific land use goals that include transitions between residential and intensive commercial uses to promote long-term healthy neighborhoods. There are also specific neighborhood design principles, such as buffering residential development from Planning and Zoning Commission February 7, 2024 Page 4 of 7 incompatible uses. The South District Plan also identifies this area as commercial and encourages mixed use residential development with commercial areas to achieve goals of long- term neighborhoods with strong health and appeal. By rezoning the CI -1 to CC -2 the development aligns more with the Comprehensive Plan and the South District Plan's vision for commercial areas as they would allow residential uses mixed in with commercial uses. Also the existing uses become more compatible with zoning designation and any potential redevelopment. The rezoning would maintain the existing transition of uses to the single family to the south followed by multifamily and office uses and then more multifamily and office across the north of Southgate with assisted group living and then general community service and offices at 1916 Waterfront followed by the commercial area of HyVee to the north. The surrounding properties may require increased screening if they were to be redeveloped in the future as there are existing residential uses in the area. Walsh stated the rezoning to CC -2 will restore the existing uses to conforming use status. Additionally, given the existing development in the area rezoning a CC -2 would create a more compatible neighborhood as envisioned in the Comprehensive Plan while emphasizing buffers between incompatible uses. Rezoning to CC -2 also removes the potential for development of some of those more incompatible or more intensive commercial uses that would be allowed in CI -1 zones. Staff recommends approval of REZ24-0002, a rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of properties located at 429 Southgate Ave, 430 Southgate Ave, 436-438 Southgate Ave, 501 Southgate Ave, and 1916 Waterfront Dr. from Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) to Community Commercial Zone (CC -2). Following the recommendation from the Commission, the anticipated timeline would be February 20 Council sets public hearing and first consideration for March 19. Hensch asked why the not for profit located east of this area, an assisted group living, was that not included in the rezoning. Russett stated that nonprofit operates the community service shelter use which is allowed in the CI -1 zone and the text amendment didn't create any non- conforming situations for that nonprofit. Wade asked when a property is rezoned what happens to the special exceptions that have been granted to the property such as the parking reduction permitted at 430 Southgate, does that remain. Russett explained the special exceptions still exist and would still be applied to the property. The rezoning doesn't affect the special exceptions. Hensch opened the public hearing. Seeing no one come forward Hensch closed the public hearing. Townsend moved to recommend approval of REZ24-0002, a rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of properties located at 429 Southgate Ave, 430 Southgate Ave, 436-438 Southgate Ave, 501 Southgate Ave, and 1916 Waterfront Dr. from Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) to Community Commercial Zone (CC -2). Wade seconded the motion. Planning and Zoning Commission February 7, 2024 Page 5 of 7 Townsend stated it just looks like it should happen as that whole area is commercial and to add the assisted living sections they already have those type of facilities there so to add the addition makes sense. Wade added with the changes that they made back in November of this year they need to realign the zoning to match the use so it makes sense. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. CONSIDERATION OF MEETING MINUTES: JANUARY 17,2024: Craig moved to approve the meeting minutes from January 17, 2024. Townsend seconded the motion, a vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Motion by Townsend for Hensch to be chair. Wade seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. Motion by Townsend for Craig to be vice chair. Padron seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. Motion by Craig for Townsend to be secretary. Wade seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 6-0. PLANNING AND ZONING INFORMATION: Russett reported that the Moss Ridge Road rezoning was approved at Council last night. Hensch asked if anyone was still working in the Pearson building or if they were all working from home now. Russett stated the property was for sale but she is not sure if it's vacant or not. Craig noted the Historic Preservation Commission is having a hearing on the status of the Pagliais building and assuming that they do something official there does that ever come to Planning & Zoning. Russett replied that yes, it would be a rezoning so after the Historic Preservation Commission votes tomorrow night it'll be on the next Planning & Zoning agenda. Craig asked if they can actually rezone something even if the owner doesn't want it to happen. Russett replied that is correct however the property owner hasn't said if they oppose it or support it, so it's unknown at this time. Russett noted if a property owner does not want the rezoning they can always formally protest the rezoning through a protest petition and then Council has to approve it by a super majority. Craig noted on Dubuque Street off the interstate there is a big sign there now listing the area for Planning and Zoning Commission February 7, 2024 Page 6 of 7 sale or available for development, so apparently the development that was proposed after mobile park residents relocated never happened so what is the status. Russett confirmed the property has been sold but the City hasn't received any applications for development. ADJOURNMENT: Townsend moved to adjourn, Quellhorst seconded and the motion passed 6-0. PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD 2023-2024 KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused = Not a Member 1/18 2/15 3/1 4/5 4/19 6/21 7/5 7/19 8/2 8/16 10/4 10/18 111158 12/6 12/20 1/17 2/7 CRAIG, SUSAN X X X X X X X X X X X X X X O/E X X ELLIOTT, MAGGIE X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X O/E HENSCH, MIKE X X X X X X O/E X X X X X X X X X X PADRON, MARIA X X X X X X X O/E X X X X X O/E X X X QUELLHORST, SCOTT -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- X X X X X X X X SIGNS, MARK XL O/E X -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- TOWNSEND, BILLIE O/E X X X X X X X O/E X X X X X X X X WADE, CHAD O/E X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused = Not a Member Doc ID: 032253650004 Type: GEN Kind: ORDINANCE Recorded: 04%09/2024 at 10:18:55 AM Fee Amt: $22.00 Pape 1 of 4 Johnson County Iowa Kim Painter County Recorder STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS JOHNSON COUNTY } I r I ,�Ir"III F¢f 4d City Of V�W Cl�L 0 I, Kellie K. Grace, City Clerk of Iowa City, Iowa, do hereby certify that the Ordinance attached hereto is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 24-4921 which was passed by the City Council of Iowa City, Iowa, at a regular meeting held on the 2nd day of April 2024 is a true and correct copy, all as the same appears of record in my office. Dated at Iowa City, Iowa, this � day of April 2024. I Lcic"e- Kellie K. Grace J City Clerk \ord 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET • IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-1826 • (319) 356-5000 • FAX (319) 356-5009 Prepared by: Parker Walsh, Associate Planner, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240; (REZ24-0002) Ordinance No. 24-4921 Ordinance rezoning approximately 4.5 acres of property located at 429, 430, 436-438, and 501 Southgate Avenue and 1916 Waterfront Drive from Intensive Commercial (CI -1) Zone to Community Commercial (CC - 2) Zone (REZ24-0002). Whereas, the City has requested a rezoning of approximately 4.5 acres of property located at 429, 430, 436-438, and 501 Southgate Avenue and 1916 Waterfront Drive from Intensive Commercial Zone (CI -1) to Community Commercial Zone (CC -2); and Whereas, the Comprehensive Plan indicates that the subject properties are appropriate for General Commercial and Intensive Commercial and that the Future Land Use Map shall be used as a general guide for development of land within Iowa City in addition to District Plans and neighborhood design principles; and Whereas, the South District Plan identifies the subject properties as appropriate for Commercial to provide the opportunity for a large variety of uses that serve a major segment of the community and establishes goals to ensuring that commercial areas and uses contribute to the long-term vitality and appeal of adjacent neighborhoods by exploring the potential for mixed use, residential, or institutional uses; and Whereas, the neighborhood design principles of the Comprehensive Plan encourage buffering residential development from incompatible uses and emphasize the importance of providing sufficient buffers to assure the long-term livability of neighborhoods; and Whereas, the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the proposed rezoning and has recommended approval. Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Iowa City, Iowa: Section I Approval. Property described below is hereby classified Community Commercial Zone (CC -2); Lots 13, 14, 15, and 16, Block 5 and Lots 1 and 2, Block 7 of Braverman Center, an addition to Iowa City, Iowa, according to the plat thereof recorded in Book 8, Page 69, Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa; except Auditor's Parcel #2014005, a portion of Lot 1, Block 7 of Braverman Center, an addition to Iowa City, as shown on Plat of Survey recorded in Book 58, Page 135, Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Section II. Zoning Map. The Building Official is hereby authorized and directed to change the zoning map of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon the final passage, approval and publication of the ordinance as approved by law. Section III. Certification and Recording. Upon passage and approval of the Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this ordinance and record the same in the Office of the County Recorder, Johnson County, Iowa, at the City's expense, upon the final passage, approval and publication of this ordinance as provided by law. Ordinance No. 24-4921 Page 2 Section IV. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section V. Severability. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section VI. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law. Passel and. epproved this 2nd day of April 2024, Ma Attest: iLtCrP� City Clerk Approved by City Attorne tTime (Sara Hekt en — 03/05/2024) Ordinance No. 24-4921 Page _3 It was moved by Dunn and seconded by Salih the Ordinance as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: x F' st Consideration 03/19/2024 Alter Bergus Dunn Harmsen Moe Salih Teague that it Vote for passage: AYES: Alter, Bergus, Dunn, Harmsen, Moe, Salih, Teague NAYS: None ABSENT: None Second Consideration _ Vote for passage: Date published April 11, 2024 Moved by Dunn, seconded by Salih, that the rule requiring ordinances to be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended, the second consideration and vote be waived, and the ordinance be voted upon for final passage at this time. AYES: Alter, Dunn, Harmsen, Moe, Salih, Teague NAYS: None ABSENT: Bergus Item Number: 9.c. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY �fil COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Ordinance rezoning approximately 6.25 acres of land located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public Zone (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone. (REZ23-0010) (Second Consideration) Attachments: REZ23-0010 Staff Report with Attachments P&Z Correspondence as of 01. 17.2024 PZ 1.17.24 minutes City Council Correspondence from 3/19 Ordinance City Council correspondence - Rezoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd.pdf STAFF REPORT To: Planning and Zoning Commission Item: REZ23-0010 GENERAL INFORMATION: Applicant/Owner: Other: Contact Person: Requested Action: Purpose: Location: Prepared by: Melanie Comer, Planning Intern Date: January 17, 2024 Troy McQuillen Kirkwood Community College Troy. mcguillen(aDkirkwood.edu Joe Townsend Procter & Gamble 4760 Rapid Creek Rd NE Iowa City, IA 52240 Townsend. ir(aD pg. com Nick Hatz Shive-Hattery 222 3'' Ave SW Unit 300 Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 nhatz@shive-hattery.com Travis Wright Shive-Hattery 222 3'' Ave SW Unit 300 Cedar Rapids, IA 52401 twright@shive-hattery.com Rezoning of 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public (P-1) to General Industrial (1-1). Request to rezone the subject properties for industrial use. The site is currently for sale and Procter & Gamble anticipates closing on the property in February 2024. Northeast of Lower Muscatine Road and Northwest of Mall drive. 2 Location Map: Size: Existing Land Use and Zoning: Surrounding Land Use and Zoning: Comprehensive Plan: District Plan: Neighborhood Open Space District: Public Meeting Notification: File Date: 6.8 Acres Vacant educational facilities in a Public Zone (P-1). North: RS -5, Low -Density Single - Family Residential Zone RS -8 Medium -Density Single -Family 1-1 General Industrial Zone South: RS -5 Low -Density Single - Family Residential Zone CC -2 Community Commercial Zone West: RS -5 Low -Density Single - Family Residential Zone 1-1 General Industrial Zone East: 1-1 General Industrial Zone RS -5 Low -Density Single - Family Zone Public/Semi-Public Southeast District Plan, Public Institutional SE2 Properties within 500' of the subject property received notification of the Planning and Zoning Commission public meeting. A rezoning sign was posted on the site on December 18, 2023. December 8. 2023 45 Day Limitation Period: January 22, 2024 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The owner, Kirkwood Community College, has requested a rezoning of approximately 6.8 acres from Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road. The property currently contains vacant educational buildings formerly occupied by Kirkwood Community College. The subject properties are currently for sale. The party interested in the purchase of these parcels is Procter & Gamble, a company which currently owns land to the east of the proposed rezoning. Based on correspondence from Proctor & Gamble, they anticipate closing on the site in February 2024. In 2002, the City initiated a rezoning for the property located at 1828 Lower Muscatine Road. Kirkwood Community College purchased this parcel in 2002 to extend the Community College. This rezoning changed the zoning designation from Community Commercial (CC -2) to P-1 to reflect the change in ownership to a public entity and bring the property into compliance with the Zoning Ordinance. This property has remained P-1 since the 2002 rezoning. If the property will no longer be owned by Kirkwood, or another public entity, a rezoning will be needed. ANALYSIS: Current Zoning: The properties are currently zoned Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone, which is intended for uses such as schools, parks, fire and police stations, and other civic uses. The purpose of public zones is to provide reference to public ownership and use of land, or to use the land for infrastructure services that need to be located in or near the area where the service is provided. Proposed Zoning: The request is to rezone the subject properties from P-1 to General Industrial (1-1) zone. The purpose of the 1-1 zone is to provide the opportunity for the development of most types of industrial firms. Since this zone is regulated to protect adjacent developments, the land uses allowed are not heavy or intense in operation. Table 1 outlines the uses allowed in the 1-1 zone. Table 1: Uses Allowed in 1-1 Zone Use Cate ones: Building trade (e.g. contractor shops) P Industrial service (e.g. machine shops, towing yards, repair of machinery) P Technical/light manufacturing (e.g. manufacturing of electronic components, optical instruments, lenses P General manufacturing (e.g. includes manufacturing of most chemical and food products, but excludes heavy manufacturing uses like meatpacking, sawmills, papermills) PR Heavy manufacturing Limited to concrete batch plants only) S Self-service storage P Warehouse and freight movement (e.g. warehouses for retail stores, wholesale distribution centers railroad switching yards, storage lots for fleets P Waste related Limited to recycling rocessin facilities PR Wholesale sales P Basic utilityPR General community service (e.g. neighborhood centers, museums S Utility -scale round -mounted solar energy systems PR Helicopter landing facilities S Communication transmission facility PR Consumer firework sales PR P = Permitted PR = Provisional S = Special exception El The 1-1 zone has a maximum height limit of 45'. The minimum front yard setback is 20', while the side and rear have a minimum 0' setback unless it abuts a residential zone. Although the rear property line is near residential uses, the property does not abut a residential zone. Therefore, the rear setback would be 0'. In terms of screening, development in the 1-1 zone is subject to the industrial and research zone site development standards. Parking and loading areas must be located behind buildings or screened from view to at least the S3 standard when an industrial use abuts or is across a street or railroad right of way from a residential zone. Additionally, outdoor storage is allowed provided it is concealed from public view to the extend possible. If it is not feasible to conceal the storage areas behind buildings, the storage areas must be set back at least twenty feet (20') from any public right of way, including public trails and open space, and screened from view to at least the S3 standard. S3 screening requires enough shrubs and small evergreens to form a continuous screen or hedge at least 5'-6' in height. Screening materials must be at least three feet (3') high when planted. At least one-half of the shrubs must be evergreen varieties. Rezoning Review Criteria: Staff uses the following two criteria in the review of rezoning: 1. Consistency with the comprehensive plan; 2. Compatibility with the existing neighborhood character. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan: The Future Land Use Map of the IC2030 Comprehensive Plan identifies the subject properties as suitable for Public/Semi-Public uses. The plan also includes an Economic Development goal that states Iowa City should "Increase and diversify the property tax base by encouraging the retention and expansion of existing businesses...". By allowing for this land to be rezoned to 1-1, the already existing company Procter & Gamble would be able to expand upon purchasing this space, adding more facilities directly adjacent to their already existing buildings. Similarly, the Future Land Use Map of the Southeast District Plan identifies these properties as suitable for Public Institutional uses. The plan, adopted in 2011, includes a discussion of planning for the expansion of Kirkwood Community College as it continues to grow. It specifically includes an objective to "plan for the future growth of Kirkwood Community College to support and enhance this commercial area". Circumstances have changed since the adoption of this plan. This plan identifies the need to preserve and expand industrial uses on page 37, stating, "The Southeast District is an ideal place to expand Iowa City's industrial base" due to its ideal landscape of level and well -drained land with proximity to adequate services and utilities. The plan also includes a goal to "preserve and expand the industrial tax base" and objectives to "protect designated industrial areas from incompatible uses, such as residential dwellings and retail and consumer services that would interfere with industrial operation". Expansion of existing industry such as Procter & Gamble aligns with the goals of the Southeast District Plan. The plan also includes a goal "minimize conflicts between industrial areas and nearby developments" and an objective to "develop a better buffer between the residential areas located north of the Iowa Interstate Railroad and industrial uses to the south. For example, trees both fast-growing and slow-growing species, planted on both sides of the railroad could create a visual screen and sound buffer." Approximately 187 feet of the subject property abuts the Iowa Interstate Railroad. Compatibility with Existing Neighborhood Character: The area surrounding the subject properties to the northwest and southeast is zoned as 1-1 and has existing light industrial uses of MidAmerican and Procter & Gamble. To the north is the Iowa Interstate Railroad, separating the subject properties from a Low -Density Single -Family Residential (RS -5) zone. Land to the south is also zoned RS -5, which is separated from the subject properties by a major thoroughfare. The Iowa City Market Place area is also across Lower Muscatine Rd and is zoned CC -2. The 1-1 zone is intended for light industrial uses. Technical/light manufacturing is permitted in the 1-1 zone. Heavy industrial uses are allowed through a special exception process. One of the special exception criteria is that heavy manufacturing uses in the 1-1 zone are limited to concrete batch/mix plants only. Additionally, the concrete plant would need to be located at least 500' from any residentially zoned property. The 1-1 zone would allow for the expansion of Procter & Gamble's operations adjacent to their current facility. Since Kirkwood no longer is operating at this site, this rezoning would make the proposed use consistent both adjacent properties. The subject properties are separated from existing residential areas by both a major thoroughfare and the Iowa Interstate Railroad, surrounding by industrial uses to the north and south. Access and Street Design: Access to the subject properties is provided via Lower Muscatine Road through an already established intersection at Lower Muscatine Rd and Sycamore St. Access to 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd is provided through an existing drive across from Deforest Ave. NEXT STEPS: Upon recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed rezoning ordinance. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of REZ23-0010, a proposal to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of property located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Location Map 2. Zoning Map 3. Applicant Statement 4. Rezoning Exhibit Approved by: itzman, AICP, Development Services Coordinator Department of Neighborhood and Development Services ATTACHMENT 1 Location Map Jo P. tiSA a� An application submitted by the owner, Kirkwood Community College, to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of land on Lower Muscatine Avenue from Neighborhood Public (P-1] to General Industrial (1-1). I CITY OF IOWA CITY ATTACHMENT 2 Zoning Map I!1 RSS - % i Hienitv,uwu r p9p RS5 I C a An application submitted by the owner, Kirkwood Community College, to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of land on Lower Muscatine Avenue from Neighborhood Public [P-1] to General Industrial (1-1). CITY OF IOWA CITY RS5 ATTACHMENT 3 Applicant Statement SHIVEFIATTCRY ARCHITECTURE + E N G I NEERI NG December 6, 2023 City of Iowa City Neighborhood & Development Services & Planning & Zoning Commission Phone 1319-356-5000 RE: Proposed Rezoning Applicant Statement To Whom It May Concern, On behalf of Kirkwood Community College and Procter & Gamble (P&G) a rezoning request is respectfully submitted as shown in the provided Rezoning Exhibit. The rezoning is warranted as the parcels under review are currently owned by a public non-profit organization, Kirkwood Community College, and will be purchased by a private industrial owner, Procter & Gamble (P&G). Under the current zoning of Public (P1) in the City of Iowa City zoning code, the uses described are intended for public ownership. Proctor and Gamble (P&G) is a private owner whose intended uses best align with the Industrial zoning (11). The proposed 11 zoning would be consistent with the existing zoning of directly adjacent parcels, MidAmerican to the northwest and P&G to the southeast. The parcels southwest face is adjacent to Lower Muscatine Road right of way, giving a buffer between the parcels and the residential neighborhood across the street. The northeast face of the parcel abuts railroad right of way and gives a buffer from the residential neighborhood across the train tracks. The City of Iowa City future land use map designates a Public/Semi-Public use to this area, which is reflective of current uses and ownership; however, City Staff generally showed support for the purchase and rezoning during the pre -application meeting given the location and intended use by P&G. Public infrastructure appears adequate or can be reasonably upgraded in the area based on existing uses, development and utility mapping. SHIVE-HATTERY, INC. Charles "Nick" Hatz II, PE Principal, Civil Engineer Copy: Troy McQuillen, Kirkwood Community College Joe Townsend, Proctor & Gamble Sarah Naberhaus, Shive-Hattery Wade Wamre, Shive-Hattery Travis Wright, Shive-Hattery Project 2112307450 800.7960313 1 shive-hattery.com ■ ATTACHMENT 4 Rezoning Exhibit LEGEND REZONING EXHIBIT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC (P-1) TO GENERAL INDUSTRIAL (11) IOWA CITY, IOWA LOCATION MAP O Lu m 1 ' Z O Z b r Q K W Z W _UQ 2 y�x'O Way Codes ?VU Z—Q NJ w7O ROM O 2 K O m 2 17 W Z PFOJEcr NO, 2112307450 SUED FOR 1 OF Anne Russett From: Anne Marie Kraus <annemariekraus@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2024 5:15 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: To the Zoning Commission: Re -Zoning for toxic chemicals in SE Iowa City threatens health SfC. ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Planning and Zoning Commission: The proposed rezoning of the Kirkwood Community College Campus (on Muscatine Avenue) from P-1 to 1-1 (General Industrial) for the benefit of Procter and Gamble is deleterious, opening the door to significant endangerment of the health of Iowa City, General Industrial zoning allows the manufacture of chemical products. Procter and Gamble has already polluted the air with its toxic fumes in their current and past facilities, and now they could have full freedom to spew additional airborne chemicals to neighborhoods directly adjacent and across the street. The Kirkwood property is nestled in an area surrounded by residential neighborhoods and four schools within a mile. Airborne volatile organic compounds and irritants from the manufacture of items such as scented laundry products have been studied and reported to cause significant harm to the health of humans, as well as damage to the environment. The rezoning agenda contains a quote from the IC2030 Comprehensive Plan: "The Southeast District is an ideal place to expand Iowa City's industrial base." Why the southeast side? Because that's where the powers -that -be place nearly all the buildings that are not wanted in other parts of town. Why not re -zone an area where all the homes cost upwards of $500,000? The southeast side is filled with neighborhoods of modest means as well as struggling incomes. It's easy for the Council to turn their backs on us because we don't have the power and Influence that other areas of town can wield. As a person who is sensitive to chemicals, living a few blocks away, I would no longer be safe to live in my home or work in my yard. Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council may want to dismiss my illness as a one-off outlier to be ignored. But these airborne chemicals are damaging to everyone, even if they don't immediately feel the effects. Everyone will suffer adverse health consequences, in addition to enduring the constant strong odors. As citizens of Iowa City, we have the right to be safe in our homes and on our sidewalks, and the Iowa City Council has the duty to protect our health and safety. I strongly urge the Zoning Commission and the City Council to oppose this unwise and detrimental plan. Anne Marie Kraus Southeast Iowa City 1716 Gleason Ave Iowa City, IA 52240 319-621-2569 Anne Russett From: Glenda Buenger <buengerg@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 11:50 AM To: Anne Russett Subject: REZ23-0010, rezoning former Kirkwood campus on Lower Muscatine A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments, ** Dear Ms. Russett, Will you please forward my concerns to the P and Z Commission members before this Wednesday's meeting? Thank you, Glenda Buenger Dear Planning and Zoning Commission Member, I am writing to oppose rezoning of the former Kirkwood Community College campus on Lower Muscatine Road to 1-1, General Industrial, because of air pollution. The discussion in the 1.17.2024 agenda packet seems to include no consideration of Industrial pollution and its effects on human health and quality of life. This location is too close to residential neighborhoods and elementary schools for industrial use. I have a friend with respiratory issues who lives in the Hollywood neighborhood off Hwy. 6. She says that current P & G air pollution plumes for two miles. It invades her neighborhood and makes her sick. Allowing P & G closer into town means more Iowa City residents are affected by its pollution. Where do you live? Would you like P & G's air pollution to invade your yard, spoiling your time outside? Invade your home as your house's HVAC systems exchange air with the outside? Invade your lungs, your children's lungs? I know I wouldn't. Let's please not rezone to allow the polluter P & G to move into town, spoiling Iowa City for an increased number of residents. Surely a better solution can be found, one that preserves quality of life in our community. Let's please champion Southeast Iowa City residents rather than sticking them with a polluter. Sincerely, Glenda Buenger 316 S. Lucas St. Iowa City Anne Russett From: Anne Marie Kraus <annemariekraus@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 7:38 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: Harm to property values and livability of neighborhoods :_RISK `; ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Planning and Zoning Commission: I ask you to consider a few more points regarding the proposed rezoning of the Kirkwood Community College Campus (on Lower Muscatine) from P-1 to 1-1 (General Industrial) for the benefit of Procter and Gamble. I ask that you consider the effect that this rezoning will have on property values in the east and southeast areas of Iowa City. While east side residents are already well-acquainted with the noxious fumes from the P&G plant on far east Highway 6, the neighborhoods within two miles of the Kirkwood property would be overwhelmed by the increased intensity of the toxic fumes at such a close range. I am already considering moving from my home of forty years because such proximity to the chemicals would be devastating to my health. Other residents will want to move because the intense smells are intolerable. No one will want to move to any of the nearby neighborhoods. People will find it hard to sell their homes, even at a loss. Think about the property values. Please consider: If you know that many residents complain of the fumes regularly, and some residents get sick from the fumes, would you really still make the decision to let P&G defile the livability of our great little city? Would you choose corporate profits over the health and safety of our citizens? Are a few health -endangering jobs more important than the thousands of people who live in our sweet modest neighborhoods? I strongly urge you to oppose the rezoning of the Kirkwood property to General Industrial. It is ultimately detrimental to public health, livability of residential neighborhoods, property values, and the environment. Anne Marie Kraus 1716 Gleason Ave Iowa City 319-621-2569 Anne Russett From: Susan Craig <skjeldcraig@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 9:54 PM To: Anne Russett; Sara Greenwood Hektoen Subject: Fwd: Rezoning is detrimental to health, environment, and property values ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Sent to me this afternoon. I told her I could not have a private conversation or correspondence about zoning matters. She mentions she sent this to Council. I wonder if someone should advise her to send it to Commissioners as well. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Anne Marie Kraus <annemariekraus@gmail.com> Date: January 15, 2024 at 7:13:10 PM CST To: skjeldcraig@gmail.com Subject: Rezoning is detrimental to health, environment, and property values Dear Susan Craig: I hope you don't mind that I am writing to you individually at this email address. I got your address because I am a member of the Old Capitol Quilt Guild. And I saw that you are on the City Planning and Zoning Commission. And I also want to approach you because I was also a librarian in the Iowa City Schools for 26 years, and I admired your work and leadership and the ICPL. I wrote the Planning and Zoning Commission at the general staff address, but now I have additional points I'd like to make about this issue. I am writing to you about the proposed rezoning of the Kirkwood Community College Campus (on Lower Muscatine) from P-1 to 1-1 (General Industrial) for the benefit of Procter and Gamble. This zoning will allow the manufacture of chemicals. I would like to bring your attention to one negative effect of this zoning, in addition to the Issues of toxic chemical release, environmental damage, and significant damage to public health. I would ask that you consider the effect that this rezoning will have on property values in the east and southeast areas of Iowa City. While east side residents are already well- acquainted with the noxious fumes from the P&G plant on far east Highway 6, the neighborhoods within two miles of the Kirkwood property would be overwhelmed by the increased intensity of the toxic fumes at such a close range. I am already considering moving from my home of forty years because such proximity to the chemicals would be devastating to my health. Other residents will want to move because the intense smells are intolerable. No one will want to move to any of the nearby neighborhoods. People will find it hard to sell their homes, even at a loss. Think about the property values. I would also like to reiterate this point from the letter I sent to the City Council as a whole: The rezoning agenda contains a quote from the IC2030 Comprehensive Plan: "The Southeast District is an ideal place to expand Iowa City's industrial base." Why the southeast side? Because that's where the powers -that - be place nearly all the buildings that are not wanted in other parts of town. Why not rezone an area where all the homes cost upwards of $500,000? The southeast side is filled with neighborhoods of modest means as well as struggling incomes. It's easy for the Council to turn their backs on us because we don't have the power and influence that other areas of town can wield. I ask you to consider: If you know that many residents complain of the fumes regularly, and some residents get sick from the fumes, would you really still make the decision to let P&G defile the livability of our great little city? Would you choose corporate profits over the health and safety of our citizens? Are a few health -endangering jobs more important than the thousands of people who live in our sweet modest neighborhoods? I strongly urge you to oppose the rezoning of the Kirkwood property to General Industrial. It is ultimately detrimental to public health, livability of residential neighborhoods, property values, and the environment. Thank you for listening. Anne Marie Kraus 1716 Gleason Ave, Iowa City 319-621-2569 Anne Russett From: Ruth Manna <ruth.manna@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 9:11 AM To: Anne Russett Subject: Re: Please A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Thank you for getting in touch with me Anne, I am more than concerned about the possible placement of Procter & Gamble at the site of where the College now stands. It is unconscionable that a factory that will be spewing. Toxic chemicals will be placed in a neighborhood area where two neighborhood schools now exist people with lung problems Will no doubt get sicker or die, and others who are now healthy will certainly be affected by the constant fumes coming out of the factory. I ask all members of the Planning And zoning committee to consider whether they would like Procter & Gamble factory in their neighborhood and have their children breeze in the toxic fumes every dayl'm sure there are other facilities and corporations that are eco -friendly that could be considered for that site. Pleadingly, Ruth Manna, as citizen of Iowa City who is within the 2 mile radius of this possible disaster. Thank you for sharing this with the other Planning And zoning members. On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:34 AM Anne Russett <ARussett(cDiowa-city.org> wrote: Hi, Ruth —You can send any correspondence meant for the Planning and Zoning Commission to me. I will pass it along to them. Thanks, Anne From: Ruth Manna <ruth.manna(cDgmaII.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 10:14 AM To: Anne Russett <ARussett(cDiowa-citv.org> Subject: Please A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Please give me contact numbers or emails for the members of the Planning And zoning committee. Thank you very much, Ruth Manna. Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Anne Russett From: Hillary Schofield <hbschofield@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 2:35 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: Proctor and Gamble rezoning A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To Anne Russett and the entire Planning and Zoning Committee, I am writing to urge you to deny Proctor and Gamble's request to change the zoning of the former Kirkwood campus from residential to industrial. The Eastside is already inundated with fumes from P&G's extant operations. There are undoubtedly negative effects from exposure to such chemicals, and many Eastside residents report having headaches and our physical reactions when the scents waft through their neighborhood. Since I cannot cite any research studies on the harmful physical effects, I will focus on the scents themselves: they are obnoxious, unpleasant and absolutely infringe upon quality of life. Please, please consider those who live closest to this potential facility and if you would like to be one of them. Sincerely, Hillary Schofield 720 S 7th Ave Iowa City, IA 52240 Anne Russett From: ben lewis <benjamind@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 6:29 AM To: PlanningZoningPublic Cc: *City Council Subject: Rezoning the Kirkwood Campus ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Planning and Zoning Commission, I have lived on Grant Street since 2004, almost 20 years. Over the past several years, I have noticed strong chemical odors, caused by volatile organic compounds (VOCs) coming from industrial operations a few blocks south of here. From what I understand, these are eminating from the industrial area just south of here. I have contacted city and state officials (DNR) about this more than once. Staff have been sympathetic but have not been able to do anything about it. We should not add more industrial sites in Iowa City near lower income neighborhoods, where so many already exist. It is also unwise to condense all the industrial sites so close together, compounding issues of noise and pollution. Surely there are other options for P&G. It has only been a few months since the campus closed. I hope you can find the patience to do the right thing and reject the rezoning request in this instance. Ben Lewis Anne Russett From: Cheryl Ridgeway <cherylann.ridgeway@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 9:26 AM To: Anne Russett Subject: Rezoning request - Kirkwood Community College Area ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear members of the board, I ask that you think carefully about the re -zoning request by Proctor and Gamble (P&G) for the Kirkwood Community land on Muscatine Avenue from P-1 to 1-1 (General Industrial manufacturing of chemicals). My concern and the concern of many others is that the deeply established residential areas and the nearby schools would be exposed to increased air pollution from the chemical manufacturing processes of P&G should the re -zoning be approved. As I've heard from those currently living on the SE side, P&G fumes are already a health concern and expanding to the Muscatine Avenue location will exacerbate this situation for many. Please seriously consider the health and wellbeing of our Iowa City residents, young and old, who will be affected. Please also take into account Iowa City's Climate Action Plan and at the very least, require P&G to mitigate their sources of air pollution before operating from this site. Thank you, Cheryl Ridgeway Iowa City resident Sent from my iPad Anne Russett From: Jessica Duling <dulingjessica@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 1:05 PM To: Anne Russett Subject: Rezoning of the Kirkwood Campus A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To whom it may concern, I am a resident of Iowa City and someone this rezoning will be directly impacted by. I am deeply concerned by the rezoning of the Kirkwood Campus to Proctor and Gamble and the detrimental effects on the community. Some of the pillars that Iowa City stands on is education and climate action but this decision will show that those pillars are only protected if you attend the University of Iowa and if you live in wealthier neighborhoods. This makes me angry and deeply ashamed of my city. I have been proud to live here all my life. I think there are a great number of things we get right. For example mixed use zoning to help foster walkable cities. To think it's being considered to trade an quality affordable education within walking distance to residents for a polluting factory who has a long history of knowingly sourcing from suppliers that are complicit in destroying forests and indigenous communities makes Iowa City's climate action plan completely hypocritical. I hope the committee listens to the cries of the community and advocates for all of its residents, not just the ones with the biggest wallets. Thank you, Jess January 17, 2024 Re: REZ23-0010 Rezoning Request for Lower Muscatine Road oppose the rezoning the site of the old Kirkwood Community College (KCC) on Lower Muscatine, from Residential to General Industrial because our neighborhoods are already experiencing unhealthy emissions from industrial zones that are too close to our homes, schools, and playgrounds. My name is Tracy Daby. I have lived on H street for 25 years. My house is directly behind Kirkwood Community College, about a block from the railroad tracks. For years I frequently walked through and around these neighborhoods. The last two summers I noticed a disturbing increase in offensive, toxic air coming from P&G. Last summer, just before and after the worst of the air pollution, I spent some time searching for the source of the acetone smell that was making me and my family ill (headaches, breathing difficulties). It was strongest when walking west on Mall Dr. past the side of the old Oral-B plant. My degree is in biology, and I have worked as a Research Assistant in a molecular biology/genetics research lab, so I am familiar with many toxic chemicals and their identifying properties. I have been looking into this matter more deeply since receiving the Senior Planner's letter last Wednesday, Jan 10. The letter was dated Jan. 4, 2024. Today I present findings from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that support and coincide with my personal experience of factory specific toxic emission releases and air pollution. The links & link pathways to these findings are on the back of each handout diagram. 1. Map of Air Pollution (ICIS-AIR) & Toxic Releases to Air (TRI) directly from our two P&G facilities. (See Diagram 1.) 2. "UNHEALTHY LEVELS" of pollution recorded by the EPA AQS in Iowa City, June and July of 2024. (See Diagram 2.) 1 hope the planning and zoning will reject the idea of converting this residentially zoned land into more industrial. I do not believe that rezoning for more industrial facilities is in line with current City Climate Action & Outreach. Nor does it align with Neighborhood and Development Services' mission statement: "We work to create community and find solutions that promote healthy neighborhoods and a vibrant business community." We must hold you to this promise to promote "healthy neighborhoods". In lieu of a preferred, complete refusal of this industrial zoning request, I would ask that the Commission consider deferring so that we can absorb and research this pollution information. Mail delays due to severe winter weather have unfairly hindered the community response to this issue. Case in point: my next-door neighbor only received their letter yesterday, Jan. 16. In the few days we have had to digest this rezoning request, and with very limited letter distribution, we have found much opposition to this rezoning within our community. Please view our online petition at hftr)s://www.thepetitionsite.com/; search: Iowa City. Note the many supporting comments from our community. Thank you for allowing us a chance to comment on this rezoning proposal. Tracy Daby 1911 H St Iowa City IA 52240 Please view our Community Petition: "At 6:0o pm on Jan. 17 the IC Planning & Zoning Commission is holding a public meeting to discuss rezoning the old Kirkwood Community College plot from residential to industrial. Please add your name to this petition if you oppose P&G expanding their industrial operations WITHIN OUR CITY. The current P&G facilities have been polluting our air with chemicals that produce hideous smells throughout year. The smell of Head & Shoulders shampoo is most Car62 PETITIONS IOWA CITY, IA SE Iowa City ; P&Ga o c i MKMM vtlG No- To P&G Expansion In IC Residential Areas. noticeable, however, the past few years (since Oral-B was taken over) we have noticed the alarming odors of nail polish remover, acetone, which is very distinct. The EPA has reported "unhealthy" levels of small particulate in the air in June and July of 2024. (See Outdoor Air Quality Data EPA My Environment/MyAir/MoreAir/Air Data Trends and then "for more information" link below the Visual Trends graphic/ trends/"all AQI pollutants" from 2019 to 2024.) These "unhealthy" levels coincide with the strong ketone/acetone odors that forced many of us in SE Iowa City to retreat indoors, close windows, and even turn on our AC. The concentration level varied for several months this summer but the highest concentration in last June caused headaches and shortness of breath for my family (and likely others). Both P&G facilities in SE Iowa City have a record of pollution right here in town. See (Internet) EPA My Environment/MyAir/MoreAir/Air Facilities: Enlarge Map/zoom in to SE IC/Air Pollution ([CIS -AIR) (69)...& Toxic Releases to Air (TRI) (13). Please join me. Our Neighborhood and Development Services Department says, "We work to create community and find solutions that promote healthy neighborhoods and a vibrant business community." We must hold them to their promise to promote "healthy neighborhoods". The air we breathe must be guarded and protected." Go to the online petition https://www.thepetitionsite.com/629/894/365/no-more-factories-in-town/ to see numerous comments and signatures from Iowa City residents. Diagram 1. Map of Air Pollution (ICIS-AIR) Toxic Releases to Air (TRI) at P&G Facilities As Reported by the Environmental Protection Agency 52240, Iowa City, Iowa select a new Location: Legend VJayrti Ave 5ra;lford Dr Sourhea sr Jumer Hyh Mercer Park �^ U pith Q m 'Pe ,snclr e s7 �� S� L OP Procter And Gamble Procter And o Gamble N O ary6 CrosbyLn GeNroob o 1-1 Q� 0 Air u y ron Ave 'a Pollution/ nrm 2 sites: �qye 1.O Midamerican Energy Iowa City, Service Center �s�c 2. 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The database also contains links to compliance and enforcement information. Source: EPA Envirofacts Data Source Diagram 2. 1u Daily AQI Values, 2019 to 2024, Iowa City, IA Source: U.S. EPA Air Data Generated: January 16, 2024 Daily AQI Values, 2019 to 2024 Iowa City, IA FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC � IN ■ !i 1 � I111 ��■��I 1 ■� t il�l1■1ow I 1��1�■�■Il IN MINIM ■illi I 1 1111 will IN IN i■II■ m�mii I= ■1 J 64AY JUN JUL AUG lllllltl♦ -� llltl♦ �- ��� 1 W ■I MIN I 1 11 gill to In AQI Category 1 Good (<= 50 AQI) Moderate (51.106 AQI) Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150 AQI] 1 Unhealthy (151-200 AQI) I Very Unhealthy (201-300 AQI) 1 Hazardous (>=341 AQI) AQI Scale httl2s:Hagicn.org/scale/ Internet website & link pathways for this dataset on back. 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Monitor 5 Not Data Also, much more information and data here: httos://www.el2a.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data T a R a, a: N A W tr P a sa E a tc N or Anne Russett From: Desiree Dahl <desireeadahl@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 4:44 PM To: Anne Russett; *City Council Subject: Letter of Opposition to Rezoning of Kirkwood Community College A "This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To members of City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission, I am writing as a resident of the South District of Iowa City to express opposition to the rezoning of the Kirkwood Community College campus from P-1 to 1-1. Increasing manufacturing in the South District does not align with our community's climate action plan, nor our city's commitment to equity. The operations of manufacturing facilities such as Procter & Gamble's contribute to air pollution in our neighborhood. Many South District residents experience financial hardship and may be unable to access necessary healthcare services to mitigate the effects of the pollution they are exposed to. A manufacturing facility such as this also has many impacts that extend beyond our local community. Procter & Gamble's products use plastic packaging that will remain in landfills for hundreds of years. P&G also relies on unsustainable sourcing methods for palm oil and wood pulp that are causing significant harm to critical forests, endangered species, and Indigenous communities. The expansion of this corporation's influence in our community poses a danger to residents, local habitats, and the climate. I urge members of the Zoning Commission and City Council to oppose this plan. Sincerely, Desiree Dahl in response to Item: REZ23-0010 on the January 17, 2024 Planning and Zoning Commission Agenda MINUTES FINAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 17, 2024-6:OOPM—FORMAL MEETING EM MA J. HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Susan Craig, Maggie Elliott, Mike Hensch, Maria Padron, Scott Quellhorst, Billie Townsend, Chad Wade MEMBERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: Melanie Comer, Sara Hektoen, Anne Russett OTHERS PRESENT: Wade Warme, Joe Townsend, Austin Korns, Anne Marie Kraus, Tracy Daby, Mary Helen Kennerly, Dan Schweer, Jane Driscoll, Jesse Ewald RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: By a vote of 7-0 the Commission recommends approval of REZ23-0010, a proposal to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of property located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone. CALL TO ORDER: Hensch called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA: None. REZONING ITEMS: CASE NO. REZ23-0010 Location: 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road An application for a rezoning of approximately 6.1 acres of property from Neighborhood Public (P-1) to General Industrial (1-1). Comer began the staff report showing the location map for the subject properties noting these properties are bordered on the west by Lower Muscatine Road and to the south by Mall Drive. The subject properties are currently zoned Neighborhood Public and are surrounded by General Industrial uses to the north and the south. To the north the industrial use is owned by Mid - American and to the south the industrial use is owned by Procter & Gamble. To the east and west are primarily low to medium density single family zones, and further to the south are commercial uses. For some background context, in 2002 Iowa City initiated a rezoning for the property located at 1828 Lower Muscatine Road to the Neighborhood Public zone for Kirkwood Community College to expand their campus. However, circumstances have changed and Kirkwood no longer operates within this facility, putting it up for sale. Procter & Gamble intends to close on this site this year, pending the approval of this rezoning which would allow for an extension of the existing Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 2 of 15 Procter & Gamble facility to the south. These properties are currently zoned Neighborhood Public (P-1) which is intended to provide reference to public ownership and use of land. Some examples of uses allowed within the zone are parks, schools, police and fire stations and other civic buildings. Since this is a public zone if these properties are purchased by private entity, the area must be rezoned to comply with the intended use. Comer stated the proposed zoning of these properties as General Industrial (1-1) which was created to provide the opportunity for the development of most types of industrial firms and industrial and research zone site development standards apply in the zone. The maximum allowable height is 45 feet, and the minimum setbacks are 20 feet from the front facade and zero feet from the rear and sides. Some examples of uses allowed in the zone are building trade, which could be contractor shops, industrial service could be machine shops, towing yards, machinery repairs shops, technical/light manufacturing could be firms manufacturing electrical components, optical instruments or lenses. General manufacturing is provisional in the zone and could be manufacturing of chemicals or food products but excludes any heavy manufacturing uses like meatpacking or sawmills or paper mills. Heavy manufacturing uses are only allowed by special exception, which are limited to concrete batch plants in this site. Warehouse and freight moving examples could be wholesale distribution centers, railroad switching yards, warehouses used by retail stores or vehicle fleet storage. Waste related uses are limited to recycling process facilities, and some general community service uses could be libraries, museums or neighborhood centers. In reviewing rezoning the City uses two criteria. One is consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and the second is compatibility with the existing neighborhood. Comer first reviewed this requests consistency with the IC 2030 Comprehensive Plan and showed the Future Land Use Map and the rezoning area. The Future Land Use Map in this area is set to be used for public/semipublic use. However, there exists goals and policies that would support the rezoning of this area to General Industrial. In the Economic Development section of the IC 2030 Plan there's a goal to increase and diversify the property tax base by encouraging the retention and expansion of existing businesses. By rezoning this area to industrial Procter & Gamble would be able to expand their existing facility to the east. Similar to the IC 2030 Comprehensive Plan the Southeast District Plan Future Land Use Map shows this area as Public Institutional, and there's an objective in the Plan to enhance this as commercial development opportunity for Kirkwood Community College. Again, circumstances have changed since this Plan's adoption in 2011 and as Kirkwood no longer operates within this facility a different zoning designation would be more compatible with adjacent uses. Within the Industrial and Employment Areas section of the Southeast District Plan it expresses this District as an ideal place to expand Iowa City's industrial base due to its ideal landscape of level and well drained land. One goal within this Plan is to preserve and expand the industrial tax base. An objective to accomplish this goal is to protect designated industrial areas from incompatible uses such as residential dwellings and retail and consumer services that would be incompatible with the existing industrial uses to the north and south. A second goal within this Plan is to minimize conflicts between industrial areas by developing a better buffer between the residential areas to the north of the Iowa Interstate Railroad and industrial uses to the south. Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 3 of 15 Next, regarding compatibility with the existing neighborhood Comer stated to the east and west are primarily low to medium density single family homes. However, these zones are separated from the existing industrial uses and proposal site by a major thoroughfare to the west, Lower Muscatine Road, and a railroad to the east. As mentioned before land to the north and south of the site is zoned General Industrial, so rezoning the site to General Industrial would allow Proctor & Gamble to expand the existing facility to the south, making the proposed use consistent with both adjacent properties to the north and south. At this site there are two current entrances for access and street design. The first entrance is to the north at the intersection of Sycamore Street and Lower Muscatine Road, and to the south there is an entrance to the property at 1828 Lower Muscatine Road into the existing parking lot. As for correspondence, staff has received 11 emails thus far and most of the correspondence is raising concerns about this proposed rezoning related to issues such as air quality and pollution, noise pollution and unpleasant scents. All correspondence was provided to the Commissioners. Staff recommends approval of REZ23-0010, a proposal to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of property located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone. Upon recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission, a public hearing will be scheduled for consideration by City Council. The anticipated timeline would be Council would consider setting a public hearing on February 6 for February 20 when Council hold the public hearing and first consideration. Hensch asked for clarification as he noticed that in the agenda it is listed as 6.1 acres versus 6.8 acres in the attachments and in the presentation. Russett stated that was a typo, it is 6.8 acres. Elliott asked how long ago this area was originally commercial because a lot of times commercial is on the outside or away from the residential so likely originally this was zoned commercial a long time ago. Russett replied most of the area has been zoned industrial since the 1960s, the subject property was zoned CC -2 prior to 2002 when it was rezoned a Neighborhood Public. Hensch opened the public hearing. Wade Warme (Shive-Hattery) is representing Procter & Gamble and Joe Townsend is here representing Proctor & Gamble. Hensch asked if it was correct that as of right now there are no plans for the property. Warme confirmed it is just to acquire it since it's adjacent to the existing property. Joe Townsend (Site Engineering Leader, Procter & Gamble) stated they're just looking to purchase the property with the potential to do a further expansion of the oral care operation within Iowa City. They don't currently have existing plans on what they want to do with that property, but they'd like to have the opportunity to potentially expand. Procter & Gamble has been a member of the community since 1956. During that time, they strive to be a good, responsible neighbor in the community. Procter & Gamble's current oral care operation in that area produces manual toothbrushes and power toothbrushes. They continue to strive to be a Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 4 of 15 good steward of the environment and the community, they have initiatives at facilities that are zero manufacturing waste to landfill and are also in process of achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions from their plants. Furthermore, they maintain their air operating permits and stormwater permits. Most recently, they've had some audits from the DNR as well as inspections in 2018 and 2021 in which they've had zero notice of findings or zero violations that have been identified. They intend to continue to strive to meet those initiatives and be a good steward within the community. Hensch asked if currently there's no plans for that property and they just want to control the property. Townsend confirmed that is correct. Hensch noted they've received multiple correspondence and it sounds like some people have gotten the idea that there's chemicals going to be produced there, is there any basis for that or do they know where that data is from. Townsend replied there's no chemicals that would be produced there. If they were to expand the oral care operation and be primarily making oral care toothbrushes or power toothbrushes that is not a chemical manufacturing process, it's an injection molding process. Hensch asked for confirmation that they are in compliance with DNR, EPA, air release wastes regulations, etc. and there's been no findings. Townsend confirmed their most recent audits in 2018 and 2021 produced no concerns. They also do internal audits and compliance audits to make sure that they adhere to and maintain all the legal requirements that they have for Procter & Gamble as well as the community. Wade asked if the operation out in the old Menards location is the same process of oral care manufacturing. Townsend stated for the most part it's the same, the Menards facility on the opposite side of town is a power oral care toothbrush manufacturing facility. It's a very similar process where they're injection molding parts to assemble components to make toothbrushes. Austin Korns (Senior Director of Economic Development, Greater Iowa City Inc.) which is the economic development organization for the Iowa City area. The Greater Iowa City Inc. is fully supportive of the proposed rezoning of the former Iowa City Kirkwood campus to make way for the purchase and additional space for Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble is a cornerstone of the local economy and provides a significant employment base for individuals across the entire region. While the departure of Kirkwood is a loss for the area, Procter & Gamble's potential acquisition provides a great opportunity for the entire community and make sense for the location situated directly adjacent to the current Procter & Gamble facility and between two other industrial sites. A purchase like this one represents the type of business retention effort needed to ensure Procter & Gamble can continue their work for years to come. Procter & Gamble is not only an economic driver for the region, but an incredible community development partner. The Greater Iowa City Inc. are eager to continue working with Procter & Gamble and residents of the surrounding community to maximize how this development could benefit the area and bolster the community. Anne Marie Kraus stated she lives on the southeast side of Iowa City and is asking that they do not approve the rezoning of the Kirkwood property. She just heard that there are no current plans to produce chemical products the way they do out on East Highway 6, but once the facility is rezoned for General Industrial that doesn't exclude opening the door to the manufacture of chemical products. Even if they're producing plastic products, like toothbrushes or whatever, all of those things emit strong, noxious, dangerous odors. The essential question is are they willing Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 5 of 15 to trade citizen's property values for Procter & Gamble's profits. On the east side and the southeast side of Iowa City they are already experienced with the noxious odors from the Procter & Gamble plant out on Highway 6, the fumes reach a two-mile range as residents have told her. Now Procter & Gamble could be emitting more intensely concentrated odors at close range and the site is surrounded on all sides by neighborhoods. When the southeast side gets a reputation for bad odors, who will want to buy a home in the area. Kraus asked that they consider that if they approve this plan, the property values in the area could plummet and with lower property values the City will have a reduced tax base, hence less income for the City. Further, are they willing to trade citizen's health for Procter & Gamble's corporate profits. Even if they claim that the odors emanating for the chemical manufacturing are not toxic there are studies such as scientific articles in SpringerLink listing toxic or carcinogenic substances contained in scented items such as laundry products. The CDC says that environmental odors make asthma worse. Even if they refute all those studies, chemical sensitivity is a real medical diagnosis. The chemical fumes from the Procter & Gamble plant out on Highway 6 give her migraines, nausea, dizziness, and sometimes worse. Even if they dismiss chemical sensitivity as irrelevant, the noxious fumes will devastate the livability of these sweet modest neighborhoods. The CDC recommends that people stay indoors to avoid health damage from environmental odors or leave the area. What kind of options are those for those residential victims of chemicals in the air. Kraus also wants to know why that the IC 2030 Comprehensive Plan says that the Southeast District is an ideal place to expand Iowa City's industrial base. Why always the southeast side, because that's where the powers place nearly all the buildings that are not wanted in other parts of town. Why don't they rezone an area where the homes cost upwards of $500,000, it's always their neighborhood, the southeast side which is filled with neighborhoods of modest means and struggling incomes. It's easy for the City to turn their backs on southeast side because they don't have the power and influence that other areas of town can wield. Kraus will trust that the Commissioners value the concept of the quality of life. It's something that they are fortunate to have in Iowa City, so please don't endanger their property values, their health and their quality of life by rezoning to General Industrial. Tracy Daby (1911 H Street) has lived on H Street, which is right behind Kirkwood Community College, for going on 25 years and has a background in science and healthcare, she worked in a genetic research lab so she understands the smell of chemicals and how to identify them and the toxicity that goes along with it. She is here because her family and she had trouble breathing the air last year. Everybody in southeast Iowa City can confirm that there's this pervasive smell of hog farms and Head & Shoulders. Last year, they had a lot of wildfires burning from Canada but the last two years have been particularly bad because they've had strong odors of acetone in the air, very concentrated, to the point where they open up their back door and couldn't breathe. So she had to close up the house and stay inside. She is a gardener so that's a big deal for her. She closed all the windows and the door and turned on the AC in June. She didn't need to for the temperature but the acetone odor was definitely toxic. She's kicking himself for not reporting it to the EPA at the time but was feeling like it wouldn't do any good and she didn't know there was a way to report it. She thought she had to only report it to the State level and she knows that the State regulators are having difficulty keeping up with everything, especially with the new findings on toxic emissions. Daby stated acetone is what they normally think of as nail polish remover, it's extremely toxic, if even breathed or inhaled for one hour. The period of time last summer when she experienced the worst of it was like June and July, like maybe mid-June to mid-July. She had headaches, her family had headaches, they had breathing difficulties, and irritability and fatigue also, which she just found out today, after doing some more research on the CDC, are Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 6 of 15 common side effects. One hour of inhalation can cause this ill health in people, that's just one hour, they were experiencing it for several weeks. It kind of up ebbed and flowed in severity. Daby acknowledged she has not seen any data to prove that it came specifically from that Oral B plant, however she did do her own walking around the neighborhood to try to isolate it, because it was so bad, and on the lesser days when she couldn't be outside, she found that it was much worse when she was walking up Mall Drive, as she passed the Ace Hardware there she could smell it coming out from that Oral B parking lot or stacks. Daby hopes the Commission has had a chance to read the findings that she submitted. She wanted them to know when she got the letter, which was just a week ago, she hadn't had much time to do this she wanted to know if there was any correlation between what's been recorded by the EPA and what she experienced. She did find two studies, two published research papers. They're kind of hard to navigate on the EPA website so on the back of each diagram one and two she put the links and how to follow the links to get to where she found this information so that the Commissioners can find it themselves, What they say is both Procter & Gamble facilities on the southeast side have been cited as having air pollution and air toxic releases. They can go to the website and look up all the details but she just wanted to say that there is proof that there is pollution coming from those places. The second thing she found that was even more important which is the diagram 2, daily air quality values from 2019 to 2024. She printed them out. The areas in green are good air quality index, areas in yellow are moderate for air quality and orange is unhealthy for sensitive groups like children, or elderly or disabled and red is unhealthy. Mary Helen Kennerly (1017 4'" Avenue) which is just around the corner from Ms. Daby. She shares with Ms. Kraus a lot of concerns about what happens when they leave residential zoning and go to industrial, she doesn't see them coming back from that and she thinks they should treat that with a lot of caution. Kennerly thinks it's really telling in terms of the caution that should be treated with Procter & Gamble's representatives or the applicants representatives. Their first line of defense is they don't intend to do anything with the property and promise they just want to acquire it and just have it. But of course, the reality of that new zoning regulation, whether it's them or someone else down the road, is that anything could happen. Anything could happen and they have to sort of trust the regulatory agencies and they're sort of decreasing strength in the state that nothing bad will happen to this community, to the community that this guy lives in, and a lot of the rest of them live in. So she just wants to convey how cautious she thinks they should be going forward and considering a change like this. It's a really big one. Dan Schweer (1140 Spruce Street) is not going to try to add to any of that but since they won't say what they want to do, at a minimum they want some kind of conditional rezoning so that they are not manufacturing in that space directly across the street, close to a residential neighborhood. Now there is a barrier, if they let them rezone and without restriction manufacture, then they're that much closer across the street. Much closer to the residences and that is his concern. Going back to the fairness, they started in 1956, that was preexisting before a lot of us were there. He didn't complain when he grew up, the trains were there first and they can't complain about that in his book. All he is asking is if they're going to approve it, make it conditional. They can have a parking lot there if they want but manufacturing that's too close to residential. Jane Driscoll (1409 Spruce Street) has lived in that neighborhood about a block and a half from where the Kirkwood currently is, the property in question, for about 45 years of her life and she would echo the need for conditional zoning if this moves forward. There's noise pollution, light Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 7 of 15 pollution, there is excess traffic that needs to be looked at. The bus route is right there and has bus stops. If they have the risk of future semi traffic or other large vehicles arriving, coming to and from, in addition to extra employee traffic, that all needs to be looked at and considered in a conditional zoning that goes back to the app to protect the interests of the public, but also protect the safety of the public. Jesse Ewald (1031 Ginter Avenue) lives quite close to this rezoning and would like to echo the concerns and say that she also with the information that they have been given don't support moving forward with this rezoning. She is incredibly concerned that they don't have specific plans they can give. She is also very interested to know what the definition of provisional use for manufacturing and how that would play out if they do in the future have plans for any sort of chemical storage or manufacturing that would look something like what happens at their other facility. She mentioned the other facility, because like others that live in the neighborhood, she is often very aware of what smells like a synthetic fragrance that emanates from that location. She'd also like to remind everyone that just because the EPA or other regulatory agencies that are meant to protect us don't classify something as being particularly hazardous those bodies are oftentimes trying to catch up with the science and they move very slowly. She has a PhD in environmental engineering so both her field work and her research and her expertise has demonstrated time and time again, with a great list of chemicals that they are often not at the forefront of where the science is. So that fragrance specifically really causes concern for her. Like she said, she lives quite close to the facility like everyone else here and is really interested in staying in her home, she'd like to raise her family there. Therefore, it's just incredibly important that at the very least they have all of the specific information about what might occur at this facility. Even more than that, they should have the opportunity to really determine what goes on very close to their homes where all of them would like to remain and raise their families. Tracy Daby (1911 H Street) wanted to add in lieu of deciding against rezoning this, if they're unable to do that tonight, she would ask that they have deferment and hold off on making the decision so they have time to absorb more of the scientific data. She only had a week to look at things and she found those two pretty strong articles. Also her next door neighbor didn't get their letter of announcement until last night so a lot of people are still unaware that this is going on. The last thing is that with how they think it meets the criteria for rezoning, she would just ask them to remember that the criteria they're talking about is only physical proximity and what everybody here so far has been talking about is what's in the air and air moves and so the proximity to consider and the mailing that needs to go out needs to be a much wider circle. Daby has a friend she met today downtown said he could smell the acetone last summer and he lives over by City High. Lastly, on the website for Neighborhood Development the mission statement is "we work to create community and find solutions that promote healthy neighborhoods and a vibrant business community." Daby would ask that they remember the first part, please don't sacrifice healthy neighborhoods for business. Hensch closed the public hearing. Craig moved to recommend approval of REZ23-0010, a proposal to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of property located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone. Quellhorst seconded the motion. Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 8 of 15 Craig asked about the history of the air quality and what is the City's role in air quality. Russett stated the City really has no role, they don't regulate environmental pollutants like air pollution, it's all done at the state and federal level. Craig stated when she first saw this application in her packet she thought well that makes sense. Here's this fairly small piece of property and what could be the use between an electrical substation and a manufacturing plant. What else is going to go there if they don't do something that's compatible with those two things. So she thought it was a very good application and was highly supportive of it. As the comments have come in it does raise some concern but the concerns she's hearing are based on air quality, which she doesn't see as really material to what the issue is before them tonight and for that reason she is supporting this application. Quellhorst totally agrees with that. He empathizes with a lot of the concerns that have been raised here today and thinks they're serious and significant and deserve attention, but he also thinks that he is not an environmental engineer and has concerns about himself, or this Commission, trying to make very complex scientific decisions that they're not really qualified to make. Ultimately, the question before them is a pretty simple one, which is whether this particular slice property is suited for an industrial use and like Commissioner Craig said he thinks that it is, particularly given the surrounding character of the area with Mid -American on one side and Procter & Gamble on the other. So for that reason, he would support the rezoning. Hensch asked for a definition of what a provision single use is. Russett stated a provisional use is a use that's allowed in the zone but requires compliance with additional specific use criteria. For general manufacturing the criteria in the General Industrial zone is related to milling grains. So, if the proposed use deals with milling grain, then there's additional standards that need to be met, but only for that specific type of manufacturing. Hensch asked if it is correct to believe that there have been no site plans submitted with this application and there's no project associated for them to even discuss. Russett confirmed that was correct. Hensch noted to both sides of the subject property, those are currently zoned industrial. Russett confirmed that was correct. Hensch asked has any government entity come forward and said they would like to do something with the current P-1 zoning. Not that Russett is aware of. Padron stated she supports this application and would like to point out that the chart, diagram two that was presented, the days that are shown in red coincide with the days that they had the smoke from the fires so there's no way to link this data to Proctor & Gamble. They have to be careful with what is presented, sometimes it is curated to match a certain narrative. Townsend is in agreement with this proposal. Mainly because Proctor & Gamble is there already and the electric companies right there too so it's mostly industrial in that area, and even the mall is right across the street. It's not totally a residential area. Elliott stated first she looks at the two criteria that they are to make their decision on and is going to support it based on the criteria that they make their decision on. She appreciates the neighbors concern and feels for them, but doesn't think it's their role, it's beyond their role tonight. Planning and Zoning Commission January 17, 2024 Page 9 of 15 Wade doesn't want to repeat a lot of things that have already been said. The one question he does have is regarding the setback. It has a 20 -foot setback but 45 -foot building height restrictions. Russett confirmed that is correct. Wade stated the 20 -foot setback is a concern, it feels a little heavy on the neighborhood and is little bit inconsistent with the rest of the Oral B location. Wade stated his perspective is he does have a little concern with what they've expressed about the air quality and such but more about the zoning specific setback because Kirkwood feels pretty heavy on the street and it's like a 20 -foot setback there and if they faced an industrial building that follows that same setback it would feel pretty heavy even though it has a major thoroughfare through there. But there is no site plan presented so they have nothing to discuss as far as potential development at that. Perhaps looking at the setback requirements for industrial zoning can be looked at in the future. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Russett gave a brief and introductory presentation on the Comprehensive Plan update. She noted this is the very beginning stages of the update to the Comprehensive Plan and will give some background on why staff is working on an update, a high-level overview of what a Comprehensive Plan is and discuss how it differs from zoning and subdivision regulations, and how the Comprehensive Plan is used in the land development process. And finally, she will share some of the outcomes that staff would like to achieve as part of the Comprehensive Plan update. Russett stated one of the reasons staff is moving forward with an update to the Comprehensive Plan is that it's an action identified in the City Council Strategic Plan. Within the impact area related to neighborhoods and housing there is a strategy to update the Comprehensive Plan to encourage compact neighborhoods and diverse housing types and land uses. There's also a specific action item to move forward with a Comprehensive Plan update between FY24 and FY28 and that action item notes that form -based principles, missing middle housing types, minimum density requirements and streamlined approval processes should all be evaluated as part of this effort. Moving on to what is the Comprehensive Plan and Iowa City's Comprehensive Plan is the guiding document for growth and development within the City. It's non -regulatory but does help to inform decisions related to the built environment that this Commission looks at basically every single meeting. A Comprehensive Plan includes various components, it often includes vision statements, goals and policies related to multiple different policy topics, such as land use, economic development, and environment. It often includes a land use policy map, and an implementation section which lays out programs and projects that should be implemented to help achieve the vision of the Comprehensive Plan. The City's Comprehensive Plan is known as IC 2030 and it was adopted in 2013. It includes seven different elements and each element includes different goals and strategies for that particular policy area. The Plan also formalized the district planning framework which breaks the City into 10 different planning districts. The goal was to then adopt for each of these areas more specific Plans that would provide more specific policy direction for these different geographies. Russett showed the Future Land Use Map which is the map this Commission sees at every rezoning discussion. It identifies the general intended land Kellie Grace From: Annie Tucker <annie.h.tucker@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8:00 PM To: *City Council Subject: plz do not rezone the Kirkwood CC site R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Councilors J Friends, I have received the information below about the proposed rezoning of the Kirkwood Community College property that has been purchased by Procter & Gamble. 1 urge you to vote against this rezoning, for the reasons cited in the sections below that 1 have highlighted and: If you are concerned about bringing jobs into Iowa City as a reason to allow this, please consider that a work site that generates harmful odors in the surrounding neighborhoods is not a safe place to work. Also, fyi, it might be worth finding out how many of the `positions' P&G currently employs are actual employees as opposed to temp workers. I worked as a temp worker for a while at Oral B in the 90s. (P&G took over Oral B}. I was not the only temp worker there. While temp jobs are employment, it is not a guaranteed income since the employer can at any time of any shift send people home early due to 'not enough work.' You are only paid for time worked. It would be worth finding out what is the nature of the employment offered and committed to by P&G in this new site before believing increased employment is a good reason to allow them to build their factory there. Third, P&G purchased this site before having a guarantee that their desired use was J is possible / allowed. That is a business risk they took and it is not the responsibility of the Council or the community to support their plans. Fourth, when 1 read what is highlighted below about the existing harm to residents in neighborhoods near the two P & G plants, and the potential damage to the property values in the adjacent neighborhoods, I support asking the question: Would the Council allow this factory in more affluent neighborhoods? Although it is on a busy street, there are homes just across the street. It IS in a neighborhood. Finally, denying this request for rezoning opens up the possibility of a creative use of the Kirkwood Campus spaces inside and out. What would be a purpose that would strengthen our community's resilience? Could it be a space for nonprofit organizations? Could it be a space for unhoused community members? Could it be a teen center? I even wonder if it could become low income rentals or even low income owner -occupied units? We are a creative community: Let's put our mind to meeting community needs with this fantastic building! Information I received is below. Thank you for reading this and for thinking outside the box to benefit our community. Annie Tucker 91 Prairie Hill Lane Iowa City, IA 52246 Rezoning summary The Kirkwood Community College property (on Lower Muscatine Avenue) has been purchased by Procter & Gamble, and they are seeking rezoning from P-1 (Public Use) to 1-1 (General Industrial, which includes manufacture of chemicals) P&G says they will use the Kirkwood property to expand oral care, like toothbrushes, and claim there won't be any chemicals or odors (although acetone odors exist at the Oral-B building). P&G has already established itself as a source of noxious odors from two sources: • The Oral-B factory on Mall Drive. Oral-B has been taken over by P&G. Since this takeover, residents living behind the factory (H Street, I Street, J Street) have been suffering illness due to strong smells of acetone (like nail polish remover). Residents report headaches and shortness of breath. • Their facility on east Highway 6 (Gain detergent, Fabreeze, Head & Shoulders, Dawn, etc). Residents within a two-mile range report complaints of strong odors, and some get headaches, nausea, dizziness. Key Points to address to City Council: • As the south and east side gets a reputation for noxious odors, property values will drop. No one will want to buy homes in this area. The Kirkwood property is nestled among numerous neighborhoods on all sides, and four schools within a mile. • The average per capita income of households within a mile radius of P&G Oral Care is $33,746, according to EPA's Environmental Justice Report. Is this a case of designating substandard and unhealthy living conditions to lower income people? Is this how the City Council would treat people in more affluent areas? • Numerous complaints about strong noxious odors and ill health effects as described above. • Give us additional time to collect data from residents, get signatures on a petition, and get information from the EPA. Petition against the rezoning: https://www.th ey etitio nsite. co m/629/894/365/no-m ore -factories -i n -town / Summary by Anne Marie Kraus annemariekraus@Rmail.com Kellie Grace From: Sonia Ettinger <spcettinger@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:44 PM To: *City Council Subject: P&G plastics ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Mayor and Council, Do any of you have children at the schools in the hinterland of the P&G factory? Can you honestly say you have not smelled the fumes from P&G? The smell is more than unpleasant- it is toxic. Have you read any of the articles about air pollution? You may be interested to attend a talk on air pollution, especially as it relates to wildfires, at the Senior Center on Wednesday March 13th .5.30-6.30. In fact the speaker is Charles Stanier, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the UI Iowa City has usually prided itself on being a good city for families. How is it that money has spoken and the Council is now considering ignoring the needs of its residents- we are not inTexas!! Have you ever thought of requesting the opinion of the Pulmonary Department of the UIHC on the effects of acetone and other toxic fumes.? Money from property taxes must not dominate the Council's decisions to reassign the zoning areas around the Longfellow neighborhood. Nor must it drive where more apartment blocks are built.[who designed the monster at Myrtle Ave]. I might add that not only students and families wish to live in Iowa City but also the senior generation who want to avoid big city traffic- and air pollution! and/or to live near their families. [We happen to need more senior friendly condos which are not built to a 2 bedroom box plan.] But let's be proud to have an environmentally desirable community and let's not make hasty judgments. Sonia Ettinger 230 Magowan Ave Iowa City 52246 [[50 year resident!!] 319 331 1156 Kellie Grace From: Mackenzie DeRoo <Mackenzie@greateriowacity.com> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 9:59 AM To: *City Council Cc: Nancy Bird; Geoff Fruin Subject: Greater IC Letter of Support for Kirkwood Rezoning Attachments: We sent you safe versions of your files; Greater IC Letter - Kirkwood Rezoning Support.pdf A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Mimecast Attachment Protection has deemed this file to be safe, but always exercise caution when opening files. Dear Iowa City City Council, Greater Iowa City, Inc. is submitting the attached letter in support of the proposed Kirkwood rezoning to be reviewed at your March 19 meeting. Sincerely, Mackenzie DeRoo Mackenzie DeRoo (she/her) I Senior Director of Advocacy Greater Iowa City, Inc. 136 S. Dubuque Street, Iowa City 701.367.4916 1 areatedowacitv.com ® GREATER IOWA CITY, INC. GREATER IOWA CITY, INC. 136 S. Dubuque Street Iowa City, IA 52240 319.337.9637 greateriowacity.com March 8, 2024 Iowa City City Council 410 E Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council: We are writing in support of the proposed rezoning of the former Kirkwood Community College campus (1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road). Approving this rezoning allows Procter & Gamble to expand their Iowa City operations, further embedding this important economic driver into our community. Procter & Gamble has been a cornerstone of our local economy since 1956. They employ over 1,200 people with high-quality jobs accessible to individuals from all backgrounds and education levels. Since 2017, P&G has invested more than $450 million into their local facilities and added approximately 160 high-quality jobs. Procter & Gamble is invested in our community, supporting economic development organizations and nonprofits through cash donations, health and hygiene product donations, and volunteer hours. They partner with both the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and Kirkwood Community College to train the next generation of dentists and dental hygienists. P&G supports their employees and their families and has provided disaster relief in the wake of flooding, tornados, and the Derecho, given COVID pandemic support through PPE donations, and partnered with Grant Wood Elementary school. In addition, P&G employees give back through their participation in organizations such as the United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties, Domestic Violence Intervention Program, 100+ Men/Women Who Care, HAVLife, American Heart Association, PRIDE Parade, Iowa Homecoming, Iowa Mission of Mercy, and Habitat for Humanity. We cannot take Procter & Gamble's presence in Iowa City for granted. As an international company, they have many options for where to locate their operations, and only a few years ago considered leaving our community. We should be encouraged that today Procter & Gamble not only wants to stay here, but grow here. This growth will create more jobs, bolster the business ecosystem that revolves around P&G, and increase tax revenue the city needs to fund critical services. We are aware of residents' concerns about additional manufacturing in their neighborhood, but we see the rezoning as a first step towards further investment in the Sycamore Mall area. Greater Iowa City, Inc. is excited by the prospect of collaborating with city leaders, Procter & Gamble and other area businesses, as well as residents to create a vision for a vibrant neighborhood supported by strategic investment and targeted incentives programs. We respectfully ask you to allow us to begin this work by approving the proposed rezoning. Sincerely, Nancy Bird President & CEO 1411ae k n u f� rro Mackenzie DeRoo Senior Director of Advocacy Kellie Grace From: Tom Carsner <carsner@mchsi.com> Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:11 AM To: *City Council Subject: Slow P&G Rezoning ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To The City Council: My residence is within one mile of the present Procter & Gamble plant in east Iowa City. P&G has made many positive contributions to east Iowa City and the city as whole. However, I urge the Council to slow the process of considering its proposed expansion by rezoning the present Kirkwood campus. The City needs to know more specifically the types of chemical emissions and their concentrations from the present plant before granting rezoning to expand. This measurement must be done by an established third party to ensure accuracy and no bias. P&G has plenty of resources to pay for this measurement process. When this measurement is complete, the Council will have more complete facts on which to base a rezoning decision. Rezoning is one of the most powerful tools the Council has to guide the growth of Iowa City. Rezonings are not deserved, rezonings must be earned by the applicants. The health of east side residents is important and deserves this full consideration. Thank you for your consideration of this issue. Tom Carsner Iowa City Kellie Grace From: MARY Kirkpatrick <patchworkmaryj@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:34 AM To: *City Council Subject: NO to P&G request! A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To City Council members, I am submitting an urgent and passionate plea, asking you to oppose the request for rezoning for the Kirkwood property by P&G!! Having an industrial plant in a residential neighborhood is a terrible idea! I believe that a vulnerable neighborhood is being targeted. Many of the people who live in this area are lower income and people of color. They deserve to be protected from an industrial plant that uses toxic chemicals! Would the city council consider this rezoning if it was in an area where people with high incomes live in expensive houses? I think not. Please make all people's health and safety the priority over the request of a huge corporation whose priority is money, not the well-being of people in Iowa City!! Thank you so much for making your decisions based on what is best for the people of Iowa City!! Mary Kirkpatrick 431 Elmridge Avenue Iowa City 319 430-0861 Kellie Grace From: Blair Frank <bfrankecorev@a gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:45 AM To: 'City Council Subject: New PG Plant - NO! ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Greetings! I am a citizen of Iowa City strongly opposed to the idea of a PG Plant at the site of the Kirkwood Community College! This is a residential area - or it should be! We live in close proximity. This is a vulnerable neighborhood with low income!!! I envision parks and gardens and children in the area - not a Chemical plant! This is NOT WORTH THE MONEY! It's certainly NOT WORTH THE RISK TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY! Base your decision on the health concerns of the people of Iowa City and if you feel the need to put a PG Plant in the city limits see if you can put it in a high income area!!! Search your hearts and give me the reasons for a plant here and how it would benefit the wellbeing of Iowa City! I ask for a substantive response! I am sharing my letter with friends and neighbors who like me have watched many leave the state of Iowa due to the fear filled obsessions with industrialization and militarization of Iowa! Many have family members who have left the state because of the unfriendly way this state is being run. My two daughters have left the state! Sent from my iPad blair frank 319-721-7741 Rainbow Homestead & Gaia's Peace Garden Kellie Grace From: Karen Kubby <karen@beadologyiowa.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 4:04 PM To: *City Council Subject: P&G Zoning Request A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** City Council, As you deliberate about the P&G rezoning request, I would like to propose a process that could embrace community building versus creating wider divides. In general,) am supportive of this zoning change at this particular location since it is in between a current manufacturing facility and an electrical station. What is different about this particular piece of property is that there are residential neighborhoods adjacent to and across from it. Since P&G is not sure how they will use this property in the future, council will lose any control for some additional conditions if it says "yes" to rezoning without any further process. My hope is that the council will continue the public hearing and confer with P&Z about a conditional zoning agreement. In the meantime, P&G might voluntarily have a good neighbor meeting. At this meeting, P&G could explain their commitment to the community, what they might warehouse or manufacture on the site in the future, outline the regulated materials they currently use in local manufacturing, what technologies/strategies they use to mitigate emissions, how compliance with the regs is monitored (internally and by the DNR) and what the wage range is of the jobs they create in our community. It would be areal education about a major employer in our midst. The neighbors might talk about their support and concerns of P&G as a neighbor. They would likely share health challenges they attribute to P&G emissions. Maybe everyone might understand each other better, no matter what happens at P&Z or at council. In terms of potential areas touched upon in a conditional zoning agreement: *If the site is developed for manufacturing, then: 1. lighting from the parking lot will not pass the property line so it does not enter neighbors properties. 2. Emissions standards are more restrictive than the state, especially for those items associated with symptoms the neighbors are experiencing. (what is the next level above state regs that is economically feasible?) or maybe its substances that are not regulated by the state that might result in some health concerns. 3. Stormwater runoff exceeds standards (if any) currently in place for (acetone --insert other chems here, too). 4. Any issues with water or wastewater issues that might burden our current city facilities. 5. Any issues that might call for more training by our fire department in dealing with hazardous materials. 6. Any issues that might need additional monitoring of disposing of hazardous waste. *If the site is developed for warehousing, then, 1. lighting from the parking lot will not pass the property line so it does not enter neighbors properties. 2. Trucks pick up and deliver between the hours of 8am and bpm. I hope these thoughts are helpful in moving this proposal forward in the community spirit in which they are given. Karen Kubby 1425 Ridge Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Kellie Grace From: Hirst, Donna L <donna-hirst@uiowa.edu> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 6:31 PM To: *City Council Subject: Proctor and Gamble Purchase RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** I am concerned about the possible purchase of the Iowa City Kirkwood campus by Proctor and Gamble. If this purchase is approved, please make sure that you are assured that all safety considerations have been made, that they are looking out for the health and quality of life of the southeast side, and that you have all the information about potential risks to health and environment. Thank you, Donna Hirst I Kellie Grace From: Susan Henke <susan_henke@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 7:32 PM To: *City Council Subject: Rezoning Kirkwood Buiding ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Council Members: I am against the rezoning for toxic industrial use as has been thoroughly researched and presented by Anne Marie Kraus and others in our area. Susan Henke. 1507 Crosby Lane. Iowa City IA 52240 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone Kellie Grace From: Becky Hall <beckyha112012@gmaii.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 10:44 PM To: *City Council RISE( This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. " To the members of the Iowa City City Council: I am asking you to consider the issues of Environmental Justice when considering zoning for a third Procter & Gamble factory on the south east side, where the population is already disadvantaged in a variety of ways. The rezoning of 1816 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial, for the benefit of Procter & Gamble, will specifically negatively impact the hundreds of residents who live in very close proximity to this proposed factory. While P&G has stated that they are just planning to make toothbrushes, not chemicals, there are indeed noxious (and mostly toxic) chemicals associated with injection molding of plastics Before you decide to endorse a new, third, plastics manufacturing facility on the southeast side, please read these demographics and facts reported by the EPA at their Environmental Justice website. Here is a summary of the EPA's Environmental Justice findings for the one -mile radius surrounding 1816 Lower Muscatine Road. Residents • Have the worst air pollution in the state, • Have a much lower life expectancy, • Are lower income • Have a higher percentage of nonwhite people. Please consider whether you really want to add to the existing load on the population surrounding the zoning request. Is it appropriate to add to the very high pollution already present? Is it fair and just to put this burden on an area that has a higher average of lower income and nonwhite populations? Is this about money for the city, versus the needs of people who are less equipped to endure the health risks? Is the quality of life less important to this population, than other areas of town? Residents living near the existing P&G%Oral-B Factory at 1832 Lower Muscatine Road report strong odors of acetone in the air on both sides of the building, as well as emanating from Ralston Creek. They report adverse health symptoms when the odors are present. Acetone is associated with the process of injection molding of plastics. The EPA has reported several toxic chemicals at the existing Oral-B facility. Please think about your decision to increase these conditions by endorsing a third plastics factory on the southeast side, where the population is more vulnerable. Becky Hall Long time Iowa City Resident Kellie Grace From: ggcharlie Lange <langeggcharlie@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 10:11 AM To: *City Council Subject: please consider ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To the members of the Iowa City City Council: I am asking you to consider the issues of Environmental Justice when considering zoning for a third Procter & Gamble factory on the south east side, where the population is already disadvantaged in a variety of ways. The rezoning of 1816 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial, for the benefit of Procter & Gamble, will specifically negatively impact the hundreds of residents who live in very close proximity to this proposed factory. While P&G has stated that they are just planning to make toothbrushes, not chemicals, there are indeed noxious (and mostly toxic) chemicals associated with injection molding of plastics Before you decide to endorse a new, third, plastics manufacturing facility on the southeast side, please read these demographics and facts reported by the EPA at their Environmental Justice website. Here is a summary of the EPA's Environmental Justice findings for the one -mile radius surrounding 1816 Lower Muscatine Road. Residents Have the worst air pollution in the state, • Have a much lower life expectancy, • Are lower income - Have a higher percentage of nonwhite people. Please consider whether you really want to add to the existing load on the population surrounding the zoning request. Is it appropriate to add to the very high pollution already present? Is it fair and just to put this burden on an area that has a higher average of lower income and nonwhite populations? Is this about money for the city, versus the needs of people who are less equipped to endure the health risks? Is the quality of life less important to this population, than other areas of town? Residents living near the existing P&G/Oral-B Factory at 1832 Lower Muscatine Road report strong odors of acetone in the air on both sides of the building, as well as emanating from Ralston Creek. They report adverse health symptoms when the odors are present. Acetone is associated with the process of injection molding of plastics. The EPA has reported several toxic chemicals at the existing Oral-B facility. Please think about your decision to increase these conditions by endorsing a third plastics factory on the southeast side, where the population is more vulnerable. Charlene Lange 1209 Diana St Iowa City is langeggcharlie@gmail.com Kellie Grace From: Susan Dasovich <dasosue@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 10:53 AM To: *City Council Subject: Proposal to rezone 1816 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial, for the benefit of Procter & Gamble RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council, I am writing you with concerns about the effort to rezone 1816 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial, for the benefit of Procter & Gamble. The existing Oral-BtP&G factory at 1832 Lower Muscatine Road is already a source of strong chemical odors of acetone, which makes area residents ill. While P&G has stated that they are just planning to make toothbrushes, not chemicals, there are indeed noxious (and mostly toxic) chemicals associated with injection molding of plastics, including acetone and other chemicals on the EPA's HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutants) list. While the Council may be pleased with additional tax dollars obtained from P&G, this is a short-term financial gain. In the long term, tax revenues will shrink due to overall declining property values. Making the southeast side into an increasingly industrialized area will reduce the desirability of living in an area blighted with chemical odors, increased traffic, and lower life expectancy. In addition to these facts, I would hope that a City Councilor would understand and value the concept of "quality of life." If being outdoors means noxious odors, shortness of breath, and headaches, this is a poor quality of life. I would hope that our City Council would protect quality of life, even for the lower income areas. I urge you to delay any voting until the Council has conducted a full investigation of the potential risks of rezoning. I urge the Council to wait until adequate testing of the air and water can be conducted. urge the council to obtain a legally binding commitment from Procter & Gamble to go above and beyond the minimum requirements and exemptions to ensure that no toxins or odors of any kind emanate from the existing Oral-B before considering an additional factory. • The most recent stack testing was documented in 2001, and should be updated. • The EPA has a RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) report on Oral-B, documenting the presence of chemicals including Barium, Lead, Benzene, Methylene chloride, Chromium, Xylene, Acetone, Toulene, Xylene, Chlorobenzene, etc. most of which are on the EPA's HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutants) list. • The EPA has classified Oral-B as a Tier II Chemical Storage Facility with "extremely hazardous substances", updated 1122/24. • Oral-B is currently registered as an SQG (small quantity generator) which means they generate between 220-2200 lbs of hazardous waste a month. • Oral-B is not required to report their hazardous waste because they have a Small Unit Exemption (SUE) which allows 5 tons per year of hazardous air pollutants, 5 tons per year of volatile organic compounds, and more. • Acetone is not only present in the air near Oral-B, but it is detectable by smell emanating from Ralston Creek near the factory. The acetone has been documented by a lab report on file in the City of Iowa City's stormwater analysis. The extreme quantity of acetone in the stormwater "exceeds the calibration range of the instrument." • An Iowa DNR staff person says "I was unable to locate any formal complaints" about Oral-B, when there indeed have been registered complaints. • The EPA's Environmental Justice website has mapping tools which aggregate demographics and pollutants for an area. The EPA reports that in a one -mile radius surrounding Oral-B, the residents: • are 30% low-income (some targeted areas up to 50% low income) • are 29% people of color • have a life expectancy of 50-60 years (some areas less) • already have substantial air pollution. Before you vote on this issue, I ask that you abide by the Comprehensive Plan to "create healthy and thriving communities" by ensuring that you have thoroughly investigated all aspects of safety and public health. I hope that you place the health and quality of life of our citizens as your top priority. Thank you, Susan Dasovich 3352 Hanover Ct Iowa City Kellie Grace From: Jane Shuttleworth <lakesidejane@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 12:09 PM To: *City Council Subject: P &G re -zoning and environmental justice RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To the members of the Iowa City City Council: I am asking you to consider the issues of Environmental Justice when considering zoning for a third Procter & Gamble factory on the south east side, where the population is already disadvantaged in a variety of ways. The rezoning of 1816 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial, for the benefit of Procter & Gamble, will specifically negatively impact the hundreds of residents who live in very close proximity to this proposed factory. While P&G has stated that they are just planning to make toothbrushes, not chemicals, there are indeed noxious (and mostly toxic) chemicals associated with injection molding of plastics Before you decide to endorse a new, third, plastics manufacturing facility on the southeast side, please read these demographics and facts reported by the EPA at their Environmental Justice website. Here is a summary of the EPA's Environmental Justice findings for the one -mile radius surrounding 1816 Lower Muscatine Road. Residents • Have the worst air pollution in the state, • Have a much lower life expectancy, • Are lower income • Have a higher percentage of nonwhite people. Please consider whether you really want to add to the existing load on the population surrounding the zoning request. Is it appropriate to add to the very high pollution already present? Is it fair and just to put this burden on an area that has a higher average of lower income and nonwhite populations? Is this about money for the city, versus the needs of people who are less equipped to endure the health risks? Is the quality of life less important to this population, than other areas of town? Residents living near the existing P&GJOral-B Factory at 1832 Lower Muscatine Road report strong odors of acetone in the air on both sides of the building, as well as emanating from Ralston Creek. They report adverse health symptoms when the odors are present. Acetone is associated with the process of injection molding of plastics. The EPA has reported several toxic chemicals at the existing Oral-B facility. Please think about your decision to increase these conditions by endorsing a third plastics factory on the southeast side, where the population is more vulnerable. Jane Shuttleworth IO Ridgewood Lane Ia City IA ❑x ReptyReply allForward You can't react with an emoji to a large group Kellie Grace From: Lula Palmer <lula@brentopalmer.coms Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2024 8:14 PM To: *City Council Subject: Environmental Justice R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To the members of the Iowa City City Council: I am asking you to consider the issues of Environmental Justice when considering zoning for a third Procter & Gamble factory on the south east side, where the population is already disadvantaged in a variety of ways. The rezoning of 1816 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial, for the benefit of Procter & Gamble, will specifically negatively impact the hundreds of residents who live in very close proximity to this proposed factory. While P&G has stated that they are just planning to make toothbrushes, not chemicals, there are indeed noxious (and mostly toxic) chemicals associated with injection molding of plastics Before you decide to endorse a new, third, plastics manufacturing facility on the southeast side, please read these demographics and facts reported by the EPA at their Environmental Justice website. Here is a summary of the EPA's Environmental Justice findings for the one -mile radius surrounding 1816 Lower Muscatine Road. Residents • Have the worst air pollution in the state, • Have a much lower life expectancy, • Are lower income • Have a higher percentage of nonwhite people. Lula Palmer 100 Grannies Iowa City Kellie Grace From: Thomas Cook <thomas.cook.iowa@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 3:24 PM To: *City Council Subject: Rezoning P&G property on Lower Muscatine Avenue RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members: After 43 years living in Iowa City, this is the first time I have written to the council. I strongly oppose the immediate rezoning of the former Kirkwood campus property on Lower Muscatine Ave for expanded industrial production by P&G. We live less than a mile and a half away and, depending on the wind direction, have experienced the chemical odors that those living closer to the Oral-B facility report on a regular basis. As I'm sure you know, the EPA has documented that operations at the Oral-B factory utilize a host of chemicals that are recognized as potentially hazardous air pollutants (Barium, Lead, Benzene, Methylene chloride, Chromium, Xylene, Acetone, Toluene, Chlorobenzene, and others). The EPA's Small Unit Exemption that excuses P&G from reporting these chemicals is a questionable safeguard for those living near the plant. It doesn't take five tons per year (10,000 pounds) of any of these compounds to cause a serious health problem; a daily cumulative dose may be enough for many of the 12,000 residents living within one mile of the facility. This rezoning request raises several interesting questions: 1. Do any P&G executives live close to the plant or near Ralston Creek that smells of acetone? 2. If this request was to rezone a property for similar use next to the city building downtown, would you approve it? 3. Do the 800 students at Southeast Junior High have more respiratory problems than their counterparts at other schools? I think the answers are: no, no, and we don't know. What's the rush? P&G's profitability isn't dependent on an to represent the best interests of the people of Iowa City. Thanks for reading this. Tom Cook 2835 Friendship St. immediate decision. The council needs ALL the people. Kellie Grace From: Linda Quinn <quinnhenryL7a msn.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:20 PM To: *City Council Subject: Rezoning for P & G RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members, Thank you for your important work for our fair city. I trust that you are looking out for the health and quality of life for everyone. A big task, for sure to balance that with business interests, like Procter & Gamble. While & G employs hundreds of people, their factory poses risks for many more people than that. Your careful consideration for their expansion is critical. Rezoning to General Industrial which allows for chemical manufacturing is cause for alarm to nearby residents. I am one of the residents living about 2 miles from the proposed site at 1816 Lower Muscatine Road. Here is information that is causing me alarm: • The existing P&G/ Oral-B factory at 1832 Lower Muscatine Road already manufactures toothbrushes with injection molding, and resulting noxious odors are causing health problems in residents. • The EPA calls the Oral-B Factory a hazardous waste generator. https://e nvi ro. epa. gov/envirofacts/rcrai nfo/facil itv?ha nd lerl d=IAR000001552 • The following chemicals have been reported at the Oral-B factory by the EPA: Barium, Lead, Benzene, Methylene chloride, Chromium, Xylene, Acetone, Toulene, Xylene, Chlorobenzene, etc. most of which are on the EPA's HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutants) list. • The reason that P&G do not report or admit that they are using these chemicals is that they have a Small Unit Exception (SUE), exempting them from reporting these chemicals • A Small Unit Exception means they are allowed to produce these chemicals (and more) per year without reporting: • 5 tons per year of hazardous air pollutants • 5 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) https://www.iowadnr :eov/nortals/idnr/uploads/air/insidednr/conpermit/factsheetsu pdf I ask that you defer the Public Hearing and defer voting on this rezoning until further research can be done. Give the residents a chance to collect data (pollutants are more detectable in the warmer months). I ask the council that you give more thoughtful discussion of how this rezoning will compromise the lives of residents in the area. Thank you for listening to my concerns, Sincerely Linda Quinn 39 Montgomery Place, Iowa City Kellie Grace From: Cheryl Ridgeway <cherylann.ridgeway@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 8:38 AM To: *City Council Subject: Fwd: Rezoning issue - Kirkwood Community College area RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear council members, As I understand it, a public hearing on the Kirkwood Community College issue is scheduled for March 19 and I want to again express my opposition to the rezoning plan on the basis of the potential public health impact. (Please see my original message below.) The following information was taken with permission from another community member's research on the issue. This is not a complete list: — While P&G has stated that they are just planning to make toothbrushes, not chemicals, there are indeed noxious (and mostly toxic) chemicals associated with injection molding of plastics, including acetone and other chemicals on the EPA's HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutants) list. — The EPA has a RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) report on Oral-B, documenting the presence of chemicals including Barium, Lead, Benzene, Methylene chloride, Chromium, Xylene, Acetone, Toulene, Xylene, Chlorobenzene, etc. most of which are on the EPA's HAP (Hazardous Air Pollutants) list. — Acetone is not only present in the air near Oral-B, but it is detectable by smell emanating from Ralston Creek near the factory. The acetone has been documented by a lab report on file in the City of Iowa City's stormwater analysis. The extreme quantity of acetone in the stormwater "exceeds the calibration range of the instrument" Please seriously consider the negative impacts to the community and to the environment with this rezoning. Imagine yourselves living across the street, a few blocks from or even within a mile of this factory. There must be good alternatives for P&G and for the Kirkwood site. Thank you, Cheryl Ridgeway Sent from my Mad Begin forwarded message: From: Cheryl Ridgeway <cherylann.ridgeway@gmail.com> Date: January 16, 2024 at 9:48:27 PM CST To: council@iowa-city.org Subject: Rezoning issue - Kirkwood Community College area Dear Council Members, I ask that you think carefully about the re -zoning request by Proctor and Gamble (P&G) for the Kirkwood Community land on Muscatine Avenue from P-1 to 1-1 (General Industrial manufacturing of chemicals). My concern is that the deeply established residential area and the nearby schools would be exposed to chemical pollution from the facilities manufacturing processes of P&G should the re -zoning be approved. As I've heard from those currently living on the SE side, P&G fumes are already a health concern and expanding to the Muscatine Avenue location will exacerbate this situation for many. Please seriously consider the health and wellbeing of our Iowa City residents, young and old, who will be affected. Please also take into account Iowa City's Climate Action Plan and at the very least, insist P&G mitigate their sources of air pollution before operating from this site. Thank you, Cheryl Ridgeway Iowa City resident Sent from my Wad Prepared by: Melanie Comer, Planning Intern, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240; (REZ23-0010) Ordinance No. Ordinance rezoning approximately 6.25 acres of land located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public (P-1) zone to General Industrial (1-1) zone (REZ23-0010). Whereas, the owner, Oral-B Laboratories, has requested a rezoning of property located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road from Neighborhood Public Zone (P-1) to General Industrial (1-1); and Whereas, the Comprehensive Plan indicates that expansion of existing industries within Iowa City is beneficial in increasing the property tax base and encouraging the retention of businesses within the City; and Whereas, the Southeast District Plan identifies this district as being the ideal place to expand the City's industrial base; and Whereas, while land near the subject property is zoned residential, the Iowa Interstate Railroad and the Lower Muscatine Road right-of-way provide a degree of separation from the residential land uses and land that directly abuts the subject property is already zoned 1-1 and therefore would not alter the existing character of the neighborhood; and Whereas, the Planning and Zoning Commission has reviewed the proposed rezoning and has recommended approval. Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Iowa City, Iowa: Section I Approval. Property described below is hereby classified General Industrial (1-1); Parcel 1 Commencing at a point in the Center of the Lower Muscatine Road in Johnson County, Iowa, which point is South 43 degrees 17 minutes East, 132.5 feet from the West Line of Lot 5, of Ohl's Subdivision in Sections 14 and 23, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, as recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 121, in the Recorder's Office in Johnson County, Iowa; thence South 43 degrees 17 minutes East, 97 feet; thence North 47 degrees 5 minutes East, 273 feet; thence South 43 degrees 17 minutes East, 80 feet; thence North 47 degrees 5 minutes East, 744 feet to the West line of the right of way of the C.R:1. & P R.R. Co.; thence Northwesterly along said right of way 187.5 feet; thence South 47 degrees 5 minutes West, 953 feet to the place of beginning, Except for that land conveyed to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, in Book 4885, Page 683 in Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Parcel 2 Auditor's Parcel No. 96059, according to plat thereof recorded in Book 37, Page 16, Plat of Records of Johnson County, Iowa, Except for that land conveyed to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, in Book 4885, Page 683 in Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Parcel 3 Auditor's Parcel No. 2011123, according to Plat of Survey recorded in Book 57, Page 158, Plat of Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Ordinance No. Page 2 Parcel 4 Auditor's Parcel No. 96060, according to the plat thereof recorded in Book 37, Page 16, Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa, Except for that land conveyed to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, in Book 4885, Page 683 in Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Parcel 5 Auditor's Parcel No. 96099, according to the plat thereof recorded in Book 37, Page 88, Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa, Except for that land conveyed to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, in Book 4885, Page 683 in Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Parcel 6 Commencing at the intersection of the East line of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 79 North, Range 6 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, and the centerline of the Lower Muscatine Road, which point is 101 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Quarter; thence South 43 degrees 19 minutes East, along the said centerline 440.5 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 47 degrees 05 minutes East, 201.5 feet; thence North 43 degrees 19 minutes West, 100 feet; thence South 47 degrees 05 minutes West, 201.5 feet; thence South 43 degrees 19 minutes East, 100 feet to the point of beginning, Except for that land conveyed to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, in Book 4885, Page 683 in Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Parcel 7 Auditor's Parcel No. 96100, according to the plat thereof recorded in Book 37, Page 87, Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa, Except for that land conveyed to the City of Iowa City, Iowa, in Book 4885, Page 683 in Plat Records of Johnson County, Iowa. Section II. Zoning Map. The building official is hereby authorized and directed to change the zoning map of the City of Iowa City, Iowa, to conform to this amendment upon the final passage, approval and publication of the ordinance as approved by law. Section III. Certification And Recording. Upon passage and approval of the Ordinance, the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this ordinance, and record the same in the Office of the County Recorder, Johnson County, Iowa, at the Owner's expense, upon the final passage, approval and publication of this ordinance, as provided by law. Section IV. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section V. Severability. If any section, provision or part of the Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section VI. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law. Passed and approved this day of , 2024. Mayor Attest: City Clerk Approved by City Attorney's Office (Sara Hektoen — 03/07/2024) Ordinance No. Page It was moved by and seconded by the Ordinance as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Alter Bergus Dunn Harmsen Moe Salih Teague that First Consideration 03/19/2024 Votefor assage: YES: Alter, Bergus, Dunn, Harmsen, Moe, Salih, Teague NAYS: None ABSENT: None Second Consideration 04/02/2024 Vote for passage: AYES: Alter, Dunn, Harmsen, Moe, Teague NAYS: Salih ABSENT: Bergus Date published Kellie Grace From: Jennifer Banta<jennifer.banta@unitedwayjwc.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:53 PM To: *City Council Subject: Letter of Support P&G Attachments: We sent you safe versions of your files; Letter of Support P&G March_2024.pdf RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Mimecast Attachment Protection has deemed this file to be safe, but always exercise caution when opening files. Please find the letter of support for P&G's expansion attached. Sincerely, Jennifer Banta President & CEO United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties Make a Donation! Tel: 319-338-7823 1150 51h Street, Suite 290 Coralville, IA 52241 www.unitedwaylwc.org United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties 115056' Street, Suite 290 Coralville, IA 52241 uaeaw.�rnwwm.os a..ew�r�nw. March 15, 2024 Mayor Teague and City Council 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, IA 52240 Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council, RE: In support of Proctor and Gamble's expansion in Iowa City As representatives of the United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties, we endorse the proposed rezoning of the former Kirkwood Community College campus (1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road). This significant step paves the way for potential expansion of Procter & Gamble's operations in Iowa City, offering increased opportunities for well -paying jobs to benefit individuals and families within our community. Procter & Gamble is a committed corporate partner, actively engaging with organizations and non -profits like the United Way of Johnson and Washington Counties. Their significant investment of over $2.96 million since 2013, through annual fundraising campaigns and corporate donations, underscores their dedication. P&G also fosters corporate citizenship among its employees, encouraging volunteerism and community engagement. Their participation in crucial community initiatives, including disaster relief, COVID-19 assistance, and educational collaborations, reflects their commitment to fostering positive social change. The prospect of Procter & Gamble's expansion not only strengthens our local economy but also signifies their continued investment in Iowa City and its people. This growth trajectory promises well -paying jobs, providing individuals and families an opportunity to thrive. While we acknowledge residents' apprehensions regarding additional manufacturing activities in their vicinity, we view the rezoning as a catalystfor broader revitalization efforts in the Sycamore Mall area. Collaborative endeavors between city leaders, Procter & Gamble, local businesses, nonprofits, and residents hold the potential to envision and implement strategic investments and incentive programs, thereby nurturing a vibrant and sustainable neighborhood. In conclusion, we urge your support in approving the proposed rezoning, marking the commencement of collective efforts aimed at realizing the full potential of our community. Together, we can pave the way for a brighter, more prosperous future for all residents of Johnson and Washington Counties. Sincerely, Jennifer Banta President & CEO United Way of Johnson & Washington Counties Kellie Grace From: Sandra Alper <sandra.alper46@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:47 PM To: *City Council Subject: Rezoning for P&Z R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** To members of Iowa City Council: I am writing to urge you to deny a zoning request for a third P&G factory on Lower Muscatine Road. It is not in the best interest of Iowa City residents to build one more toxic chemical plant literally next door to hundreds of homes and Sycamore Mall businesses. Nor is this request from P&G consistent with Iowa City's plans for a cleaner, greener, and safer environment. The existing Oral-B factory at 1832 Lower Muscatine Road already makes toothbrushes with injection molding and produces toxic and noxious odors that have caused local residents health problems. The EPA cited this factory as a "hazardous waste generator." Chemicals reported at the current factory include barium, lead, benzene, chromium, chlorobenzene, acetone, and xylene. These chemicals are on the EPA's Hazardous Air Pollutants list. P&G does not admit they are using these chemicals because, unfortunately, they have a Small Unit Exception. But they also have a responsibility to the citizens living and working around their factory. Their responsibility should extend beyond that of their shareholders. This issue is an environmental issue as well as a social justice issue. The EPA found that residents living within a one mile radius surrounding 1816 Lower Muscatine Road have the worst air pollution in the state, are lower income, and have a high percentage of nonwhite people. Please do the right thing for all of Iowa City, as well as for our air and water, and deny P&G's zoning request for another toxic factory. Sincerely, Sandra Alper 1720 Louis Place Iowa City Kellie Grace From: Kathy Fitzpatrick <fitzykat@msn.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 6:16 PM To: *City Council Subject: Good job! R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Hi folks, I'd like to balance some of the negative response that may result from the discussion and vote taken at the last council meeting regarding the P&G rezoning issue. I applaud the councilors who were able to sort through the volumes of information, listen to the public, and come backwith a reasoned decision. I appreciated the thoughtful explanations of howyou came to your conclusions and thought that Councilor Bergus did an exceptional job of voicing her understanding of the frustrations the public feels with the process. Addingto Laura Bergus' comments about public frustration, I wonder if a public awareness campaign on how things workwould be possible. For example, explaining whyyou can't engage during public commenttime is not widely understood and would be a good topic to kick it off. Just an idea to educate us all so we can be more effective citizens. Overall, I'm really impressed with this council and howyou seem able to sort through the complexities of the issues instead of just pandering to your base electorate. With appreciation, Kathy Fitzpatrick Iowa City Kellie Grace From: Julie Reid <jreid@lapetite.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 10:42 AM To: *City Council Subject: Proctor & Gamble Rezoning RISS( ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Council Members, I am writing you in support of Procter & Gamble's request to rezone the Kirkwood Property from Public to Industrial. Procter & Gamble is a great neighbor in that they often allow us to use their parking lot for our school events, install snow fencing to avoid drifting in our parking lot, and their employee base has a significant impact on our student enrollment. They have and continue to be great neighbors and we have not seen or been negatively impacted by any of the perceived environmental concerns brought forth by others in the surrounding community. We look forwarded to the continued support of P&G's request to rezone the property and value their contribution to the community of Iowa City. Thank you for your time and please feel free to reach out with any further questions. Best, Julie Reid Julie Reid Academy Director La Petite Academy 7263 1504 Malt Drive Iowa City IA, 52240 314-338-4513 4 Star Quality Rated NECPA Accredited School Nip�► �''*tw�r®��- City Council Supplemental Meeting Packet CITY OF IOWA CITY April 2, 2024 Information submitted between distribution of the Supplemental Meeting Packet 1 (if any) on Monday and 3:00 pm on Tuesday. Late Handout(s) 9.a. Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark - See Protest of Rezoning from Gary Skarda and correspondence from the following: Northside Marketplace Business owners, Jaque McClure, Bobby Jett, Margaret Eginton Carmichael, Marybeth Slonneger, Kasey & Dennis Befeler, Paul Jensen, Emmaline R Light, Lynda Leidiger, Amy Weismann 9.c. Rezoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd - See correspondence from Joan and Tom Cook 10.i. Assessment Schedule - See revised Exhibit A IP6. Memo from NDS Director - Affordable Housing Fund - Proposed Changes to the Distribution Formula - See correspondence from Ellen McCabe. April 2, 2024 City of Iowa City Handout to Council by Laura Routh Date: April 2, 2024 To: The Iowa City Council CC: City Clerk, for the minutes Re: Proposed Rezoning of 1810; 1816; 1828 Lower Muscatine Road My name is Laura Routh, and I reside at 828 Dearborn Street, in Iowa City. I have lived in Iowa City off and on for over 50 years. My home is about 4 blocks away from the former Kirkwood Campus complex on Muscatine. You have received dozens of letters against the proposed rezoning, almost all from people—families; residents; homeowners, who live in the neighborhoods that will be most affected by this rezoning. While some folks have praised the Oral B plant as a neighbor, see it differently. present to you photographs taken 2 days ago. In spite of the fact that the rezoning has not yet been approved, Oral B has already started storing chemical containers outside, in front of the former Kirkwood building. This does not bode well for their future compliance with zoning rules. They are, as one neighbor described, too big to care. Oral B is P&G. They are the same company. By rezoning, you are giving Oral B and thus P&G carte blanche to do what they like on this site. Under the current proposal, the setback at the rear of the Oral �® B/Kirkwood property as proposed, will be ZERO feet. APR 02 2024 City Clerk Iowa City, Iowa That means folks living across the RR tracks to the north and east will have to deal with whatever Oral B decides to do on what is now a very large parking lot—manufacturing; more buildings; waste storage; truck movement; compressors, cooling towers, condensers, storage tanks, etc. They will be allowed to do whatever they want. This proposed rezoning is a terrible idea, and it will be impossible to undo it if it is allowed to proceed. To assert —as some City officials have—that details of future site planning can be worked out and will rectify any problems associated with the rezoning (problems such as lighting, setback or storage) is ludicrous. Such remedies rarely occur after the fact. The City Council does Oral B NO favors by rubber stamping this. If you allow this rezoning to proceed, without any conditions or restrictions, you are increasing the likelihood Oral B, and P&G, will be the subject of increasing req�la�ory scrutiny and citizen complaint. The City's failure to seeReedback on this proposal will be a poison pill. The controversy that this proposal has unleashed is not going to go away. In short, this is a LAND USE PLANNING ISSUE. And what has been proposed is an egregious act of bad planning. You have received only 3 or 4 letters in favor of this rezoning, all of which seem to have been solicited by Greater IC Inc. In reading those few letters, I see that more than one infers that P&G/Oral B might reduce their workforce or leave town if they are not allowed to do what they want. These sorts of veiled threats do not reflect well on Greater Iowa City Inc. or City Hall's economic development efforts. Frankly, these feel more like extortion or bullying to me. FILED APR 02 2024 City Clerk Iowa City, Iowa It is certainly frustrating to realize that my property tax dollars are being used to subsidize an economic development entity that is actively lobbying the City to harm my neighborhood and my property values. We are literally begging you to reconsider, to slow down. Yours is a deliberative body. And so, we are asking you to DELIBERATE. Please slow down. Please reject or postpone this rezoning. At the very least, make it conditional, or provisional. Help this industry and its neighbors realize the best possible outcome. Oral B needs to meet with affected residents, and the City needs to exercise due diligence and not repeat past zoning mistakes that have allowed industrial expansion into neighborhoods. Thank you. FILED APR 02 2024 City Clerk Iowa City, Iowa ki Mat.. ON dwo IyAve T RS5 II Highland Ave cl� ' !o 1 PIA" 71- XZ XZ RS5 RS5 An application submitted by the owner, Kirkwood Community College, to rezone approximately 6.8 acres of land on Lower Muscatine Avenue from Neighborhood Public (P-1) to General Industrial (I-1).�+` * , Defores ve RS8 -•ate._ --�t CITY OF IOWA C! I 1 st n2 ZO2 Y oa City, Iowa � r Nip SME W City Council Supplemental Meeting Packet CITY OF IOWA CITY April 2 2024 Information submitted between distribution of packet on Thursday and 4:00pm on Monday. Late Handout(s): 9.a. Rezoning - 302-316 E Bloomington Street - Local Historic Landmark - See correspondence from the following: Cecile Kuenzli, Susan Isham, Ceil Miller Bouchet, Barbara Schelar, Alison Guernsey, Susan Futrell, Jordan Sellergren and Northside Businesses, Adam Phillips, Diann McChristy, Dave Tingwald, Sheila Boyd, Brooke Dearborn Huston, Nancy Romalov, Jerry Alberhasky, Virginia Hayes, Devin Redmond, Mary Rockafellow, Amanda Mosley, Dawn Frary, Nate Pollpeter, Lisa Petrie, Mike Fallon, Jackie Biger, Vera and Peter Gross, Naomi Greyser, Kristin Addis, Patricia Addis, Alex and Jeremy Ackerman, Jill Harper, Mark Weinstein, Fran Jensen, Randy Brauns, Will Thomson 9.c. R zoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd - See correspondence f m the following: Jane Shuttleworth, Tracy Daby, Anne Marie Kraus, Cheryl Ridgeway, Ruth Manna, 11.b. Human Rights Commission - See revised application from Isaac Medina April 2, 2024 City of Iowa City Item Number: 9.c. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY �fil COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Rezoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd - See correspondence from the following: Jane Shuttleworth, Tracy Daby, Anne Marie Kraus, Cheryl Ridgeway, Ruth Manna, Attachments: correspondence -�-fq.C' Kellie Grace From: Jane Shuttleworth <lakesidejane@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 10:02 AM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: rezoning of 1516 Lower Muscatine Road to General Industrial L�-_ 1 — 3 - (Date) R SK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear Iowa City Council members; Before approving rezoning of the Lower Muscatine neighborhood the City of Iowa City - as suggested by Shawn Harmsen - should put forward a task force to look into the existing and potential additional health impacts on the residents in the Proctor and Gamble neighborhood. It appears there is substantial evidence it could already be impacting the longevity and the health of residents in the area - according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This should be investigated. thank you for your attention, Jane Shuttleworth 10 Ridgewood Lane la City 1 --tq c. Kellie Grace From: Tracy Daby <tdaby@me.com> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 4:44 PM 4— To: Kellie Grace; Anne Russett; *City Council; Geoff Fruin; Sarah G Awi KiFIE lzehmlamm, Stefanie Bowers; Bruce Teague (pate] Subject: REZ023-0010 City Council Formal Meeting Discussion 2024 Attachments: CC Mtg2_Apr 2 2024_Letter T.Daby.pdf, We sent you safe versions of your files A ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Mimecast Attachment Protection has deemed this file to be safe, but always exercise caution when opening files. 03/3012024 To: The City of Iowa City Mayor, Manager, Attorney, Council, Climate Action, Neighborhood Planning, Planning and Zoning Commission, Human Rights Commission On 3119/2024, City Councilors favored REZ023-0010, while also acknowledging that urban air pollution in southeast Iowa City needs to be addressed. Please, if you would be so kind, review the attached communication prior to 4/2!2024 so we may save time, resolving this issue logically and expediently, during the busy formal council meeting of 4/2/2024. Dear City clerk, if you would be so kind, please post the attached PDF to the work session and formal meeting of 41212024 for review and public record. Thank you. Tracy Daby 1911 H Street Tracy Dabv 03/30/2024 To: The City of Iowa City Manager, Attorney, Council, Mayor, Neighborhood Planning, Planning and Zoning Commission, Human Rights Commission, Climate Action Commission, City Councilors, on 3/19/2024, voted to pass REZ023-0010, while also acknowledging that urban air pollution in southeast Iowa City needs to be addressed. We believe the City has an obligation to gather Baseline Environmental Data & Exposure Assessments — measurements germane to chemical manufacturing when near seven schools and neighborhoods with vulnerable populations- prior to this rezoning. The City is adding another chemical facility within a heavily populated residential area, and in doing so, may endanger public health. The City of Iowa City has a serious decision to make. We discovered that the vote to advance expansion of petrochemical manufacturing within these residential zones in Iowa City was alarming to EPA Region 7, as well as to local environmental/chemical engineering researchers. They tell us that the first step must be to gather accurate and independent baseline measurements of hazardous air pollutants. They recommend hiring this firm, who have a local office and the advanced technological expertise to do the job. Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT) httos://www.ectinc.com ECT Iowa City- 209 East Washington St., Suite 205, Iowa City, IA 52240, 319-338-2840 Facilitate data collection prior to rezoning. You can prove the City's declared commitment to sustainable and safe city management, planning and zoning by addressing our concerns. Please, on behalf of the children in southeast Iowa City who attend any of the 7 schools that are already too near chemical industry, please hire this firm or have P&G do so. REZ023-0010 fails to be compatible with the surrounding, overburdened neighborhoods and children. We know this much already. Studies show that: • plastic chemicals are more numerable and fess regulated than previously thought: Report "There's simply too many out there." ' • "Health threats [are] posed by industrial facilities using or releasing synthetic chemicals... New and legacy industries, coupled with climate change, present unique health risks to communities living near industry due to the release of toxic chemicals. Cumulative impacts from multiple stressors faced by environmental justice communities may amplify these adverse effects.' ' • "Of special concern are those chemicals with suspected or proven endocrine disrupting properties (EDCs) ... It may be especially important to limit exposure to EDCs for pregnant women and children as they represent life stages sensitive for growth and development.' a • "Children should be kept away from waste sites of factories, especially plastic manufacturers,... to avoid dermal and airborne intake." ° Proctor & Gamble has had ample opportunity to establish good "land stewardship" in the face of numerous community complaints over the last decade, and they failed. 1. Has P&G hired independent environmental consultants to assess the public health impacts their facilities are having on southeast Iowa City? No. 1 Mar 15, 2024 Environmental Health News hnnelhvww rhnnrp/amnlchemicals-and.nlanics-reeulanort-2667518526 2 Chemical exposures, health and environmental justice in communities living on the reneeline orindustry_ .......... I.ncbi.nim,niii.gov/pindAnjcics/PMC7035204/ 3 Prenatal exposures to mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals and children!s weight trajectory up to age 5.5 in the SELMA study 4 Philistines and Their impacts on Human Health Mms9lwww_ndri nl m.niheny/nmdanlrlesNMC1iI6Z59.L Tracy Daby 2. Did they setup fenceline monitoring, air toxics monitoring stations behind Southeast Jr. High to guarantee the safety of those developing kids? When asked Townsend (3/19/2024) said, no. Why no fenceline monitoring? Townsend said, because "it's not required". Due diligence demands the gathering of baseline air quality data prior to making this decision which has already garnered significant community opposition due to serious concerns. 1. Are P&G and the City exploiting an already overburdened community; endangering the children who attend the 7 schools within 1 mile of the site? All experts say likely yes. Air Toxicity data is required. 2. Is another chemical manufacturing facility going to add to the health risk here? Experts say yes. 3. Are profit and jobs weighed by Iowa City to be more important than the health and safety of 15,000+ people? The City of Iowa City, thus far, has said yes. 4. Who will be held liable for adding hazardous chemical manufacturing to this heavily populated zone, when the people are already feeling the effects of existing pollutants, and vocally against It?' Until we have adequate health and safety data from reputable experts, who do not stand to profit from this expansion, REZ023-0010 must not proceed. Absence of data does not equal absence of harm. Protect public health and safety, it's your job. Thank you. Both the U.S. EPA & Iowa DNR tell local governments and planners, DO NOT SITE hazardous industry near schools. groups that should be protected from cumulative air pollution impacts. ht_tpJ/www. iowa d ncxov/envi ronmental-protection/ai r-quality/in-your-neighborhood 5 EPA AMTG Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring hunWwmyena waft Tracy Daby EZ23-0010 fails to meet rezoning criteria 2. It is not compatible with the existing neighborhood. EIScreen Tool centered pin on Deer &Alt- ya: 13.162 people 7 Schools 1 Hospttal 12 Places of worship 27% tow Income Average Life Expectancy 58 years (CDC) Sites reporting to EPA wlthtn defined area: Hazardous waste Z Air Pollution 6 Toxic Release Inventory 3 Impaired waters= YES Disadvantaged community= YES According to the area to consider for the existing neighborhood character. In fact, REZ23-0010 is liable to further endanger lives, wellbeing, and health of vulnerable populations in this region. This region contains homes for over 3000 children; 7 schools; 3,602 people with low income vulnerabilities and 29% people of color; "Justice40 Disadvantaged" community; 6 sources of air pollutants, 3 toxic release sites, and 2 sources of hazardous waste, that are all "reporting to EPA" fortheir environmental harms. ********echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=110001328956&ej,type=sup&ei _compare=US%22%20%5Ct %20%22 too "EHS are chemicals that could cause serious irreversible health effects from accidental releases." (EPA EPCRA EHS) Proctor & Gamble Oral Care is a chemical manufacturer (SIC: 3089 Plastics Products) that makes plastic toothbrushes via injection molding. They are required by law to report the toxic chemicals they use to the EPA and DNR. Federal law: EPCRA, says we have the Right -To -Know where these hazards lie. Why has Townsend repeatedly denied the City of Iowa City access to these facts? We have yet to receive the SUE logs which Joe Townsend said, on 3/19/2024, that he would send to my email. What else is not being shared? ' U IMl>:ie'O A tu,mt.__ •.x•_ • F AC'ILrTY EN-]P Facility Details: Oral - 5 Laboratories NamelAddress: Oral- 6 Laboratories 1832 Lower Muscatine Road IA 52240 Owner: Anita Falkofsien Eaton 5tate Facility IP; 3111'19483 Federal Facility ID_ I ICRxi1328956 Location Supplement: Location Comment: Latitude: 41.64511 Longitude: -91.50767 Location Accuracy: m (Fair) Reference point: eoitection Metbod: Last updated: 1; 2212024 1:118 AM Collected ay_ Atlases Tracy Daby 4 ". Map List View Nate: Kirkwood Demolition- Construction c, To blab t� i .0 it �'A ■1 *m e � mss., RCral -B Lzbom;arie: P-��:U> enli.:mlrr It:r'.:Te t t c • -IJ FSf uf+Ydo'IS Street Map Scale: - 0 0.06 moles Emergency Response • Tier 11 Chemical Storage I rzcn ttl ta�Ylc Il,n GER I,1;1; ■ nJ E LJiPr AlllS. Lcen,nrcpa'. AenaL Photo Tier It 10 gx"mely Hazardous Substance Health Hazard Flammability Hazard Reactivity Hazard FATR2049gFABG429312G Yes Yes Mo Yes Spill Number Al Facility? k;Fix Map �m�iAhl-'-�x�:T4llnn hI'6r xgrlpntr9ltldn-'.rnTltr.R Sll er_F+.;ILTurn=.o:x�.a Hpn snt,�d ,:arlm7,n7 elul.enrr,tr ar-rn �rea r+„p sa-.,:i t� i .0 it �'A ■1 *m e � mss., RCral -B Lzbom;arie: P-��:U> enli.:mlrr It:r'.:Te t t c • -IJ FSf uf+Ydo'IS Street Map Scale: - 0 0.06 moles Emergency Response • Tier 11 Chemical Storage I rzcn ttl ta�Ylc Il,n GER I,1;1; ■ nJ E LJiPr AlllS. Lcen,nrcpa'. AenaL Photo Tier It 10 gx"mely Hazardous Substance Health Hazard Flammability Hazard Reactivity Hazard FATR2049gFABG429312G Yes Yes Mo Yes Additional Resources ThereWewofwhichisthebasitresoonsibilitvanddutVofolannineandronine.orlortoCouncilconsideration • Proof: P&G Oral Care reports Air Pollution to the EPA. EPA/My Environment/My Air for 52240 at Lower Muscatine. httos:/faeopub.ena.gov/mvem/envmao/ • U.S. EPA. PROCTER & GAMBLE SETTLE AIR POLLUTION CASE FOR 5381.000 Release Date: 4/1/1996 (San Francisco) --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) today announced that Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co. has agreed to pay a $381,000 penalty to settle allegations that it was eight years late in Spill Number Al Facility? Reported Dale Status Responsible Patty Mode Link to Details ii0i00•DLPI a 25 vas i1+01.2006 Clo5cd Anonymcws To Spklly situ 102211-BCN-1920 Yes 10,2212011 Open Proctor and Gamble other To Safils Site 4F t'"`"'facilitVexplorer. iowa do r.gov/faci I ityexplorer/SiteDeta ii.aspx?fa cl D=311119483 Additional Resources ThereWewofwhichisthebasitresoonsibilitvanddutVofolannineandronine.orlortoCouncilconsideration • Proof: P&G Oral Care reports Air Pollution to the EPA. EPA/My Environment/My Air for 52240 at Lower Muscatine. httos:/faeopub.ena.gov/mvem/envmao/ • U.S. EPA. PROCTER & GAMBLE SETTLE AIR POLLUTION CASE FOR 5381.000 Release Date: 4/1/1996 (San Francisco) --The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) today announced that Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co. has agreed to pay a $381,000 penalty to settle allegations that it was eight years late in Tracy Baby installing proper air pollution control equipment to reduce methanol emissions at its Sacramento plant. ***********.phi.org/press/oral-b-glide-floss-tied-to-potentially-toxic-pfas-chemicals-study-su gests/ • In the News: Oral-B Glide Floss Tied to Potentially toxic PFAS Chemicals, Studv Sueeests "PEAS: water- and grease -proof substances that have been linked with kidney and testicular cancer, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, low birth weight, decreased fertility and immune system damage ... Researchers found higher levels of PFHxS (perfluorohexanesulfonic acid), a PFAS, in women who flossed with Oral-B Glide compared to those who didn't!' (PFAS are commonly called "forever chemicals".) * * **.... * * *.oh i.org/press/ora I -b -glide -floss -tied -to -potentia liv-toxic-r)fas-chemica Is -study -suggests/ • Develo mental & ReprodUctive Toxicity DART Reports: National Toxicology Program (NTP) is headquartered administratively at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) htt s: nt .niehs,nih. ov ublications re orts dart?t a=Deve o mental • How the Chemicals Industry's Pollution Slipped Under the Radar ********** *.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/22/chemicals-industry-pollution-emissions-climate • "Plastics are the biggest category of petrochemicals. HEALTH IMPACTS: The ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemicals comes at a steep cost to our health, especially for those living near production and processing facilities." Moms Clean Air Force httos://www.mamscleanairforce.org/ • "Children are uniquely vulnerable to toxic chemical exposures" httr)s://www.edf.ore/medialeoa-strenethens- protections-aI a i n st-toxic-chemical-releases • People living near industrial sites that use extremely toxic substances face the risks of potentially catastrophic events" httos://www.edf.ere/media/eoa-strengthens-orotections-against-toxic-chemical-releases JNER D CLYSIS 3 WITH CONTAINER ERSONNEL ONLY 1: Proctor and Gamble Oral Care - 1832 Lower Muscatine, Iowa City, IA 52240 Kellie Grace From: Anne Marie Kraus <annemariekraus@gmail.com> Late Handouts Distributed Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2024 8:26 PM To: *City Council Subject: Air quality on agenda for work session April 2 Lf _ _ L+ (Date) RISK ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council: At the March 19 meeting, you brought up the need to discuss air quality at the next work session. Thank you for continuing to look into this issue. In order to make informed decisions about the needs of the southeast side, people have remarked that there is not enough data. And most of the data is self-reported by Procter and Gamble, which is not required to report most things due to its small unit exemption. I strongly urge you to embark on securing qualified scientific testing and monitoring by an environmental organization. This would be the best starting point PRIOR to making decisions about zoning for additional industrial business. Please see the logic of testing and monitoring first. Not until the results are thoroughly understood should any voting on rezoning for P&G be considered. I look forward to the air quality discussion at the work session on April 2. Anne Marie Kraus Iowa City Kellie Grace Late an ou s1str1 ute From: Cheryl Ridgeway <cherylann.ridgeway@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:03 AM To: *City Council Subject: April 2 agenda (Date) **'this email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council: Thank you for adding the topic of air quality to your agenda for the April 2 work session. Air quality and pollution affect the southeast side significantly. I suggest testing and monitoring of the air is done before you decide to rezone and add more industry to the neighborhood. I look forward to the developing discussion on April 2. Cheryl Ridgeway Iowa City Resident Sent from my iPad -�Aq,G Kellie Grace From: Ruth Manna <ruth.manna@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:07 AM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Topic of air quality A (Date) ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear city council members, thank you for adding the topic of air quality to your agenda for April 2 work session. Air quality and pollution affect the south east side significantly. I suggest you get some testing and monitoring of the air before you decide to rezone and add more industry to the neighborhood. I look forward to the developing discussion on April 2. Thank you, Ruth Manna. Item Number: 9.c. CITY OF OF IOWA CITY �fil COUNCIL ACTION REPORT April 2, 2024 Rezoning - 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Rd - See correspondence from Joan and Tom Cook Attachments: correspondence Kellie Grace From: Tom and Joan Cook <tomandjoanc@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 4:36 PM Late Handouts Distributed To: *City Council Subject: Rezoning P & G A {Date} ** This email originated outside of the City of Iowa City email system. Please take extra care opening any links or attachments. ** Dear City Council; At the March 19 meeting, you brought up the need to discuss air quality at the next work session. Thank you for continuing to look into this issue. In order to make informed decisions about the needs of the southeast side, people have remarked that there is not enough data. And most of the data is self-reported by Procter and Gamble, which is not required to report most things due to its small unit exemption. I strongly urge you to embark on securing qualified scientific testing and monitoring by an environmental organization. This would be the best starting point PRIOR to making decisions about zoning for additional industrial business. Please see the logic of testing and monitoring first. Not until the results are thoroughly understood should any voting on rezoning for P&G be considered. I look forward to the air quality discussion at the work session on April 2. Joan and Tom Cook tomandioanc@email.com