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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-04-02 Council minutes r •- ®, CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: April 4, 2024 To: Mayor and City Council From: Kellie Grace, City Clerk Re: Council Work Session, April 2, 2024 —4:03 p.m. at City Hall in Emma J Harvat Hall Council: Alter, Bergus, Dunn, Harmsen, Moe, Salih, Teague Staff: Jones, Goers, Grace, Platz, Hightshoe, Davies, Ogden, Knoche, Havel, Sovers, Sitzman, Nagle-Gamm USG: Le Fevre, Monsivais (A transcription is available in the City Clerk's Office and the City website.) 1. Discussion related to Sister City programs Deputy City Manager Jones provided Council with a brief introduction and a PowerPoint presentation on Sister Cities program and discussed the following: ➢ What is Sister Cities International? ➢ What is Citizen Diplomacy ➢ What is a Sister City? How do Sister Cities Begin? Who can be part of a Sister City program? How do partnerships begin? ➢ What do Sister Cities do? ➢ Questions? Jones answered Council questions and provided additional information. Council discussed what would be the goal, what would the group make up be, what are the parameters, and will it be community lead. Individual Council members express their views. Action: Staff will work with interested community members on potential bylaws for a proposed volunteer-driven sister city program concept. This should include a draft Sister City member agreement. The process should involve feedback from other citizen/non-profit diplomacy organizations: Global Ties, CGLU, and UNESCO. 2. Clarification of Agenda Items Mayor Pro Tem Salih noted she will recuse herself from item 10.h, FY24 Racial Equity and Social Justice Grant Allocations. Councilor Dunn asked to pull item 5.b, Cigarette Permit— New, from the consent agenda for separate consideration. 3. Information Packet Discussion rMarch 21, March 281 March 21 — 1. (IP2 —2023 Iowa City Residential Development Report) Councilor Moe highlighted the shortage on housing. Individual Council members expressed their views. April 2, 2024 Page 2 ➢ March 28 — 1. (I P6 —Memo from Neighborhood & Development Services Director: Affordable Housing Fund — Proposed Changes to the Distribution Formula) Councilor Dunn asked for more information. Neighborhood & Development Services Director Hightshoe shared the distribution formula her memo included in the March 28 Information packet (IP6) and the proposed changes. Hightshoe answered Council questions. Individual Council members expressed their views. Action: Staff will find an additional $50,000 to enhance the FY 2025 Proposed Affordable Housing Fund for a total allotment of $1,080,000. 2. (IP5 —Memo from City Clerk: Joint Entities Meeting Agenda Items for April 15) Mayor Teague if there were any agenda items councilors wanted to add to the agenda. No suggestions were made. 4. University of Iowa Student Government (USG) Updates. Noah LeFevre, USG Liaison and Matthew Monsivais, USG Alternate presented updates. 5. Council updates on assigned boards, commissions, and committees Council members reported on various assigned boards, commissions, and committees. Adjourn 5:40 p.m.