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Home My WebLink About2024-10-24 Info Packet rrr®jMc City Council Information Packet CITY OF IOWA CITY October 24, 2024 Council Tentative Meeting Schedule IP1. Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Miscellaneous IP2. Joint Entities Meeting: October 21 IP3. Civil Service Examination: Maintenance Worker I - Parks IP4. Civil Service Examination: Mass Transit Operator Draft Minutes IP5. Ad Hoc Truth & Reconciliation Commission: October 17 IP6. Historic Preservation Commission: October 10 IP7. Human Rights Commission: October 15 IP8. Senior Center Commission: October 17 October 24, 2024 City of Iowa City Item Number: IP1. CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Attachments: Council Tentative Meeting Schedule j , City Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Subject to change CITY OF IOVVA CITY October 24,2024 Date Time Meeting Location Monday,November 4,2024 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,November 19,2024 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,December 10,2024 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,Janaury 7,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Monday,January 13,2025 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting TBD Hosted by Johnson County Brd of Supervisors Tuesday,January 21,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Wednesday,January 22,2025 2:00 PM Budget Work Session(CIP) City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,February 4,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,February 18,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,March 11,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,April 1,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,April 15,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,May 6,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,May 20,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,June 3,2025 4:00 PM Work session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,June 17,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,July 8,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,August 5,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,August 19,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,September 2,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,September 16,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,October 7,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,October 21,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Monday,November 3,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,November 18,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Tuesday,December 9,2025 4:00 PM Work Session City Hall,Emma J.Harvat Hall 6:00 PM Formal Meeting 410 E.Washington Street Item Number: IP2. CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Joint Entities Meeting: October 21 Attachments: Joint Entities Meeting: October 21 Minutes of the Joint Entities of Johnson County Meeting Monday, October 21, 2024 Courtyard by Marriott University Heights Kinnick/Carver Rooms 1st Floor 4:30 p.m. Present: NAME ENTITY Laurie Goodrich, Ellen Habel, Mike Knudson, Rich Vogelzang City of Coralville Megan Alter, Geoff Fruin, Zach Hickman,Josh Moe, Sam Turnbull City of Iowa City Molly Abraham, Matt Degner, Charlie Eastham,Jayne Finch, Lisa Williams, Iowa City Community School District Fiona Johnson, Rod, Sullivan Johnson County Chris Hoffman, Paul Park, Erek Sittig, Brian Wayson City of North Liberty Julie Persons City of Swisher Doug Boldt,Tim Kasparek, City of Tiffin Louise From, Stepheny Gahn, Nick Herbold University Heights Also attending: Isabelle Foland, Daily Iowan; Missy Forbes, 4C's; Cady Gerlach, BT2030; Ethan McLaughlin, Daily Iowan; Megan Ronnenberg, UI Mayor Louise From of University Heights called the meeting to order at 4:30 pm. Those attending introduced themselves and which entities they were representing. Discussion/update of the following: Childcare solutions coalition update- Members of the Childcare solutions coalition shared information about the first year of the progam. (Powerpoint presentation attached to this email.) AED cost sharing initiative, an informational survey for local businesses and an update on PulsePoint and our cardiac arrest registry data for FY24- Fiona Johnson of Johnson County Ambulance shared information and statistics. (Powerpoint presentation attached to this email.) Other business Upcoming Meeting Dates and Hosts: January 13, 2025 -Johnson County April 21, 2025—Iowa City Community School District July 21, 2025 -Coralville October 20, 2025—Iowa City January 12, 2026—North Liberty April 20, 2026—University Heights July 20, 2026—Johnson County October 17 19, 2026— Iowa City Community School District Announcements University Heights- LOSST vote passed and collection will start January 1, 2025,Troy Kelsay will begin as part-time City Administrator on November 1, 2024 Johnson County- Early voting for the November 5, 2024 election is now underway. North Liberty- Early voting for the November 5, 2024 election will be held November 1-2. Mayor From adjourned the meeting at 5:11 pm. c 0 ca �I LL. ' J r 0' z 0' U. ■ v' C z C7� 1 w� w� � cn w•r 4] Q] C U.) cn c4 C-) C-3 _ Cl) 0cu _ Cl) fr -C) C13 — A] 0] c co E L . C.) 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CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Civil Service Examination: Maintenance Worker I - Parks Attachments: Civil Service Examination: Maintenance Worker I - Parks �f...�4 CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa S2240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org October 17, 2024 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Maintenance Worker I — Parks Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Maintenance Worker I — Parks. Seth Dudley Iowa City Civil Service Commission Rick Wys , Chair Item Number: IP4. r 1 CITY OF IOWA CITY a � COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Civil Service Examination: Mass Transit Operator Attachments: Civil Service Examination: Mass Transit Operator • wNr�,�� CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa S2240-1826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org October 17, 2024 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Mass Transit Operator Under the authority of the Civil Service Commission of Iowa City, Iowa, I do hereby certify the following named person(s) as eligible for the position of Mass Transit Operator. Brittney Drinkwater Iowa City Civil Service Commission Rick Wyss, Chair Item Number: IP5. r 1 CITY OF IOWA CITY a � COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Ad Hoc Truth & Reconciliation Commission: October 17 Attachments: Ad Hoc Truth & Reconciliation Commission: October 17 October 17, 2024 Draft Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission(TRC) Minutes Emma Harvat Hall Commissioners present: Amos Kiche, Wangui Gathua, Chastity Dillard, Lou Tassinary. Commissioners on Zoom: Kayla Rossi. Commissioners not present: Cliff Johnson, Lauren Merritt, Lubna Mohamed, Chad Simmons. Staff present: Stefanie Bowers. Recommendation to City Council: No. Meeting called to order: 7:09 PM. Reading of Land Acknowledgment: Tassinary read the Land Acknowledgment. Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda: No. Approval of the Minutes from October 3,2024: Dillard moved, and Gathua seconded. Motion passed 5-0. Actions for Phases Three and Four: Meet and Greets: Gathua and Kiche were present for the meet and greet that took place on October 5, at the Iowa City Public Library. Kiche shared that the three attendees were non- BIPOC and there were two women and one man. One attendee brought up concerns of education and the lack of resources provided to certain schools. Gathua shared that this individual also suggested to the commission to invite the office of the superintendent to present on racial equity in the Iowa City School District. Gathua asked staff how the commission could go about presenting on this with the time remaining. Staff responded with starting by reaching out to see if the school district is available. Staff also offered to reach out if the commission agrees this is something they would like to move forward with. They agreed staff can help. Kiche reported he talked to employees of the school district who expressed interest in learning about the commission. Dillard expressed interest in seeing where these efforts could go even after the commission's time is up at the end of the year. Kiche also reported that he spoke to a woman who is familiar with the commission and their work. She told Kiche she was awaiting a late response to something she had sent to the commission in 2020_ Staff informed the commission that it may not have been archived due to the timeline, but staff will look to retrieve anything that may have been submitted. Kiche shared the last person who visited with commissioners. It was a woman who works on racial issues through a nonprofit organization. The attendee is currently working on educating white people on issues of race. Kiche and Gathua encouraged the attendee to come and talk 1 with the commission as a whole. They also informed attendees there will be an additional meet and greet that they can speak at. Gathua reported that the final attendee discussed may be awaiting an invite to come speak with the commission. The attendee works for an organization called Show up for Racial Justice. The mission is to encourage white people to teach themselves about racial injustice. Dillard asked Gathua and Kiche if they felt that the Meet and Greet was worth it_ Kiche shared that he believes it was worth it because of the open nature of the setting and the ability to learn from others who attend. Gathua shared that the Mobile Crisis staff was dismissed after some time due to the lack of attendees. The crisis staff was reachable by phone in case of an emergency. Gathua shared her satisfaction with the attendance of white people due to her background and seeing white people who are trying to learn about racial issues. Gathua believes the work of the commission has impacted those who attended the meeting and are interested in learning more about racial inequity. Gathua also answered Dillard's question saying the Meet and Greets are useful in providing a safe space for discussions on race and other community issues. Dillard expressed concern about attendees being non-BIPOC people due to the fact that the commission's target demographic is people of color. Dillard asked how they could attract POC to the next Meet and Greet the commission is holding. Gathua shared she thinks there is a possibility that they had less attendees due to the farmers market taking place at the same time. Dillard expressed interest in upkeeping the smaller meetings. Tassinary agreed that due to the success of the meetings it may benefit the commission to gather more information through meet and greet style outreach. Kiche agreed it is a good idea and commented on the possibility of more accessible time frames in which people could meet with commissioners. Dillard suggested going to a church before or after service in order to meet people who are already gathered. Tassinary suggested the possibility of a mobile outreach that could allow the commission to travel to different communities in Iowa City and invite community members to speak with them. Kiche suggested focusing on talking to church leaders rather than entire congregations to avoid the conflict of religious beliefs overlapping with the commission's work. The commission agreed to wait to hear back from staff on what is allowed when visiting places of worship to decide their next steps for community outreach. For Sunday's Meet and Greet it was agreed Dillard, Kiche, and Rossi will be in attendance with the possibility of Gathua joining. Final Report: Gathua and Kiche had a suggestion for someone to help the commission write their final report(see agenda packet for resume). The main next step is to understand the expected compensation and to take a vote as a commission on the agreement. Tassinary suggested a fixed price contract that would give clear expectations on what the commission would like to see from the report. Dillard clarified the report doesn't have to be an academic level report but rather a general overview of the commission's work and mission. It was agreed Kiche and Gathua would set a meeting for some commissioners to meet and talk with 2 the report writer. Presentation to Council: Staff confirmed the presentation can be held after the commission's end date; however, it will be up to City Council when the exact date to present will be. Documentary:No updates Other: Dillard asked commissioners if they would like to cancel a meeting or two in order to use that time to focus on other priorities the commission would like to see through before the end of their term. Tassinary suggested breaking the report up into smaller sections that could then be assigned and would allow commissioners to meet in smaller groups to work on the final report with the hired writer. The November 21 meeting was suggested to be canceled and used for other commission priorities. A decision on the topic will be made at the next meeting. It was clarified by staff that the report should be done by December 31 and all that would be left for the commission would be the presentation to City Council. Announcement of Commissioners: Gathua reported she attended the Indigenous People's Day rally held at the Iowa University's Pentacrest. Announcement of Staff: None The meeting adjourned at 8:12 PM. The full meeting video can be viewed at this link. 3 c a a a ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ a N M o N a a d N N N Q d a a a d Q N N a Q a Q d a a a N d a d z 0 a a a N ¢ a Q O ZA a N a a a N a ¢ N F-' U a LY N A a. N a a a N Q a Q U W N zza d o z a ¢ a a Q N a a a W ... Fx d a. ¢ a a a a a � ' A E� U ? x A N a a a a a a a M O ena a a a a Q a �r N N N N nl N N N N ,y � � N Item Number: IP6. r 1 CITY OF IOWA CITY a � COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Historic Preservation Commission: October 10 Attachments: Historic Preservation Commission: October 10 MINUTES PRELIMINARY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OCTOBER 10, 2024 — 5:30 PM — FORMAL MEETING E M M A J. HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Carl Brown, Kevin Burford, Andrew Lewis, Jordan Sellergren, Deanna Thomann, Nicole Villanueva, Frank Wagner MEMBERS ABSENT: Margaret Beck, Christina Welu-Reynolds, Ryan Russell STAFF PRESENT: Jessica Bristow OTHERS PRESENT: CALL TO ORDER: Sellergren called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA: None. CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS: HPC24-0079: 841 South 7th Avenue - Dearborn Street Conservation District (complete rehabilitation including removal of window opening) Bristow began the staff report showing the location of the project at the corner of 7th and Jackson, the house faces east toward 7t" Avenue. The property is considered a non-historic house because it was non-historic at the time of the survey, it's a Minimal Traditional house with a projecting front bay. The door is located facing south, there was a stoop at one time with a metal railing and a little bit of a roof overhang. This house has had a few projects done, there was a rear addition done in 1959 and another addition done in 1995 and then the porch was built and screened in around 1996. The house has also had metal siding put on and in the historic photo it shows some shutters that do not follow guidelines because they're plastic, not installed properly, and not the correct size. Those were installed after the siding. Bristow pointed out on the east side of the house, looking from the northeast corner, there are a couple of windows that are not historic, the front window was more like an early ranch house picture window in the middle with a double hung on each side and there's another window in the screen porch addition. The 1959 addition is stepped in a bit and in the inspector notes it said that it was a bedroom that was entered through another bedroom and the 1995 addition is where at one point there was a garage but that's no longer existing. This house has been vacant for a little while and it became overgrown. It recently changed hands and is undergoing a comprehensive rehab. The project does some things that they don't need to review since it's in a Conservation District such as they're putting new shingles on the roof and new gutters and down spouts. There are some other portions of the project that would be able to be reviewed administratively. They are removing the deck completely and removing the modern door that accessed the deck as well. They're removing the screens on the screen porch just leaving the roof and the floor and with a support or two. They're removing the shutters and the ramp and replacing it with a traditional step and handrail. Bristow noted the breezeway has some holes in the fascia and soffit that they're patching and then they'll cover that with metal to match the rest of the metal. All of the windows have been replaced with vinyl windows at some point in time and there is an exception in the guidelines, HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION October 10, 2024 Page 2 of 6 especially for a non-historic house in a Conservation District, to allow staff to approve new vinyl windows. They are changing a few of the casement windows to double hung windows to comply with the guidelines and there are no windows on one side of the addition and there's another pair of windows on the back of the addition that'll also become double hung windows matching the same window pattern as seen on the other side of the house. The interior has been gutted completely, there was some termite damage to the framing so it's really a comprehensive project. Bristow noted they know that there is historic siding underneath all of the metal, a shingle wood siding in the gable and some lap sighting below but that was really the extent to the detail on this house since it was Minimal Traditional. The proposal is to add two bathrooms in the central area noted as the breezeway in the agenda packet. Currently there's a window located there that they propose to remove, and it's just not supported by the guidelines for staff to approve, it possibly could have been an intermediate review but Sellergren wanted Commission input on it and so that's why this project is before them for the review of that particular window. Bristow shared the bathroom plan noting they'll have showers on the exterior wall in both of the bathrooms so it's not possible according to their plan to put a window in each of the bathrooms. She showed an image of the south side of the house and the window that will be removed. They have matching siding to patch the opening but they're also going to paint all of the siding anyway so it will all match. The guidelines for this says if a window is to be relocated or removed it should not detract from the overall fenestration pattern and if it is to be closed on a frame structure they would match the siding. Bristow explained the 1959 addition did not have a window on the north side but it did have a window on the south side and it likely had one on the west side too before they added the 1995 addition. The applicant provided a letter as part of their application about the project that she provided in the agenda packet and working through the review it is staffs opinion that the overall rehabilitation project will have a positive impact on the house and neighborhood because it has been in such poor condition for so long and many of the intrusive elements will be removed and the house will be repaired and able to be occupied again. While the window is street facing to the south it is also on the side of the building and while the proposal may not comply with the guidelines staff finds that this may be an appropriate project for the Commission to apply an exception to the guidelines because of the nature of the house and the nature of the project. The Commission has talked in the past about not removing a window to create a windowless wall because historic houses had a regular pattern of windows all the way around on all four sides something that's not common in modern construction. Since the window section of the guidelines does not have a documented exception to allow this already then the next thing would be just to look at the exceptions portion of the guidelines in section 3.2 that talks about how to provide exceptions to non-historic structures such as this. It states in order to qualify for an exception the proposed change to the exterior of a non-historic property must comply with the following criteria: the project will not further detract from the historic character of the district, the project will not create a false historic character, and alterations will be compatible with the style and character of the non-historic structure. Bristow noted one could say that removing the window since it does alter the window patterning might not be compatible with the style of the historic structure but patching the wall with appropriate siding would be and removing the window would not be creating a false sense of character because that tends to be more with things that would be applied to the building and further that is a window that's inset on the side of the building and it wouldn't detract from the character of the neighborhood. Bristow stated after getting her staff report the applicant also provided a letter she wanted Bristow to share with the Commission. In the letter the applicant does spell out basically what her goal with the project is. Staff recommends approving the project through an exception to the guidelines for non-historic properties. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION October 10, 2024 Page 3 of 6 Villanueva noted this home is listed as non-historic but the age of the home now would technically qualify it to be an historic home. Bristow stated it is listed as non-historic because when the Conservation District was founded it wasn't 50 years old and she has found through her experience here that it tends to be that when the survey was done if the building was not considered historic at that point in time then it was listed as not historic. It truly only needs to be 50 years old in order to be considered historic. For properties like this, if they were to look at this Conservation District again they would probably assume it's historic now because it's old enough but then it would be a matter of whether or not it is a contributing property or a non-contributing property and for that they would look at the entire story of the district and what its period of significance is and if the house falls within that and it has integrity, then it would be contributing. If it's outside of that and/or lacks integrity, then it would be non- contributing. She would assume if it was non-historic when the district was formed it is outside of the period of significance for the district and so this property would be non-contributing if they were to reassess this district. Lewis asked how long the house had been uninhabited. Bristow is unsure but stated not a long time, maybe within the last five years, there had been a long-term owner, like a few decades of ownership, and then it's changed hands a couple times but not been occupied. Burford was curious that there was half round gutters on the one side so are they planning to use half round gutters again. Bristow assumes they're not and will just install K style. MOTION: Lewis moves to recommend approval of a certificate of appropriateness for the project at 841 South 7th Avenue as it's presented in the application through an exception to the guidelines for non-historic properties. Villanueva seconded the motion. Wagner suggests they should put a window on the hallway side opposite the bathroom. Bristow noted there are budgetary concerns that might be talked about in the letter. Thomann noted it is a non-historic home and even it if was it would likely be non-contributing so she is just happy that the space will be used again and that they're not tearing it down and that someone's going in and taking care of it so for those reasons she is fine with letting that side go windowless. Burford stated he finds the fenestration pattern to be all over the place any anyway so doesn't think that the elimination of one window would aesthetically compromise its beauty. Lewis noted as mentioned it's in an inset. This house has a lot going on structurally and this doesn't seem like it would take that much away or suddenly be like oh my gosh this neighborhood is now hideous just because of the removal of a window. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0. REPORT ON CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY CHAIR AND STAFF: Certificate of No Material Effect-Chair and Staff review: HPC24-0075: 325 North Gilbert Street- Northside Historic District (porch repair of column base, flooring and soffit Bristow stated this is a key property in the Northside Historic district and it's getting some new column bases and a new soffit. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION October 10, 2024 Page 4 of 6 HPC24-0081: 8 Bella Vista Place- Brown Street Historic District (deteriorated soffit replacement) This house got a new soffit. Minor Review -Staff review: HPC24-0086: 730 N Linn Street- Brown Street Historic District (roof shingle replacement) Bristow stated this house has a shaped shingle on it currently and they're putting on new shingles in the same color of gray. HPC24-0089: 713 East Jefferson Street - Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District (replacement stairs to the second floor) Bristow noted this non-contributing house in the Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District is on Jefferson Street, it was just a reconstruction of the stairs, they also needed to add closed risers and change the railing, she noted it was built the first time without permits. HPC24-0092: 629 Oakland Avenue- Longfellow Historic District (porch repair and front step handrail construction) This house has a really nice railing but the two pedestals are deteriorating quite a bit so they will be reconstructed, and the base will have a nice little beveled edge to help get the water off of it. Also some of the flooring will be replaced and they are going to add a handrail to the steps that matches the handrail on the porch. HPC24-0091: 1220 East Burlington Street-College Hill Conservation District (damaged window replacement and partial foundation reconstruction) Bristow stated last fall there was a ginormous tree sitting next to the very small garage and it fell on the house and did quite a bit of structural damage to the house. It broke floor framing and all sorts of interesting things. The house has asbestos siding on it right now, the roof will be patched, there's a little bit of the garage fascia that'll be fixed. The foundation wall also started to bow and there's a mish mash of bricks so they're going to salvage as many of the historic bricks as they can and use them as a veneer over a block when they replace about an 8 to 1 Oft section of the foundation wall. They will also replace the window in the gable that faced the tree, there were two windows next to each other and one was destroyed, and the other is fine so they have to replace the one window. Intermediate Review -Chair and Staff review: HPC24-0061: 26 East Market, Old Brick- Local Historic Landmark (door and transom replacement) Bristow noted the doors on Old Brick are not the original doors and that the historic doors are paneled. There was also a question on the transom because in pictures there is a shadow so it is not clear. It appears that there could have been glass in the transom, however they are unsure what the pattern would have been and while they have all the stained glass from the windows and stuff in the basement, they were not able to find the glass from the transom. They are going to do a replacement of the doors with a fully paneled pair of doors and transom without glazing. HPC24-0078: 726 Ronalds Street- Brown Street Historic District (minor change to prior COA adding egress windows and one window well) Bristow stated this is a new house that will be built, it needed to have some egress windows added and that was not in part of the project the Commission approved for the house. There will be an egress window well on the east side of the foundation and the windows on the back and one on the east side are egress windows so that means that they're casements instead of double hung. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION October 10, 2024 Page 5 of 6 HPC24-0080: 804 East Davenport Street - Goosetown/Horace Mann Conservation District (porch alterations and repair, radon installation, siding repair, soffit and fascia repair) This house was purchased by the same group who purchased 841 South 7th Avenue so they are rehabbing this house as well. This house is a historic house but it's non-contributing to the Conservation District because of some modifications, one being the fact that the front porch had been screened in and the front porch is more modern because of the fact that this house actually was like a Victorian Vernacular Cottage and it had a wraparound porch. There have been multiple changes to the house, they've removed the screening but they will be retaining the four columns that exist, they're installing radon behind this bump out on the east side, on the back of the house, they have some siding repair, and they have a match to patch in a few places. there is some soffit and fascia repair as well. HPC24-0085: 515 Rundell Street- Longfellow Historic District (rear basement window removal) This house has been undergoing a complete rehab as well and the Commission approved a deck to go outside of the new French doors in the back. There was a basement window below the area for the deck and staff approved removing that basement window. HPC24-0087: 430 South Summit Street- Summit Street Historic District (minor change to prior COA - revised porch to be screened with paneled balustrade and square columns) Bristow stated this house had a large addition that was approved by the Commission a year or two ago and the owners came back wanting to do a change on the north side of the existing configuration. There was already an open porch and they were keeping that open porch because most of the rest of the addition was the second floor, however they did come back and decide they wanted to screen that porch in instead of keeping it as an open porch and the chair and staff approved that as an intermediate review. At first they were going to have just use square spindles, basically a simplification of the highly elaborate front balustrade and they proposed to do a solid panel balustrade but because the upper floor on the back already has an open second floor porch with a paneled balustrade it was decided to match that configuration which is one support column on the outside and one in the middle with two panels and then it'll have the screen door coming off the back. HPC24-0089: 529 East College Street- College Green Historic District (mini-split installation) This home is putting mini-splits in and some of them are on the Johnson Street side so staff wanted to make sure that they wouldn't come right down the middle of the projecting bay, one of them will be off towards the front of the house and the other one will be wrapped around the corner, the unit will be screened with some screening that looks like their porch skirting and they'll also have a unit behind the house. There will also be some on the west side that can't been seen at all from the street because of the plants. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2024: MOTION: Wagner moves to approve the minutes of the Historic Preservation Commission's September 12, 2024 meeting. Lewis seconded the motion The motion carried on a vote of 7-0. COMMISSION INFORMATION: Sellergren noted they are moving forward with the awards prep and Ginalie Swaim is going to send a Friends of Historic Preservation request for nominations. The deadline still the 21 st ADJOURNMENT Wagner moved to adjourn the meeting. Lewis seconded The motion carried on a vote of 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 pm. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD 2023-2024 TERM 11/9 12/14 1/11 2/8 3/21 4/24 5/22 6/13 7/11 8/8 9/12 10/10 NAME EXP. BECK, 6/30/24 X X X X X X X X X X X O/E MARGARET BROWN, 6/30/26 O/E X O/E O/E X X O/E X O/E O/E X X CARL BURFORD, 6/30/27 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- X X X X KEVI N LEWIS, 6/30/26 X X X X X X X X X X X X ANDREW RUSSELL, 6/30/27 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- O/E X X O/E RYAN SELLERGREN, 6/30/25 X X X X X X X X X X X X JORDAN STORK, NOAH 6/30/24 X X O/E X X X X X THOMANN, 6/30/26 X X X X X X X X X X X X DEANNA VILLANUEVA, 6/30/25 X X X X X X X X X O/E X X NICOLE WAGNER, 6/30/26 X X X X X X X X X X O/E X FRANK WELU- 6/30/25 X X X X X O/E X O/E X X X O/E REYNOLDS, CHRISTINA KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E= Absent/Excused --- = Not a member Item Number: IP7. CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Human Rights Commission: October 15 Attachments: Human Rights Commission: October 15 Draft Minutes Human Rights Commission (Special Meeting) October 15, 2024 Meeting Room B, Robert A. Lee Recreational Center Commissioners present: Idriss Abdullahi,Jahnavi Pandya, Mark Pries, Vianna Qaduora, Elizabeth Mendez Shannon. Commissioners absent: Roger Lusala, Doug Kollasch, Kelsey Paul Shantz. Staff present: Stefanie Bowers. Others present:Jennifer Horn-Frasier. Meeting called to order:5:46 PM. Introductions: Commissioners interviewed one another and then introduced them to the rest of the group. • Their name, organization, and role • A favorite aspect of living in Iowa City • One reason they wanted to join the Iowa City Human Rights Commission Pries was paired with staff. Pandya was paired with Abdullahi. Mendez Shannon and Qaduora were paired together. Horn Frasier gave an overview of Strategic Doing Principles: • What is Strategic Doing, and how might it be useful to the Commission? • Reviewed the survey results (in packet of 10/15/24). • Brief discussion on learning and insights. Commissioners provided input for staff on the following items: • Racial Equity and Social Justice (RESJ) Grant Program. • Onboarding new members of the ICHRC. • Increasing the visibility of the ICHRC. Horn Frasier discussed the Framing Question: The framing question from the previous strategic planning process was this: Imagine that, by its 65th anniversary[2028],the Iowa City Human Rights Commission is the hub of a robust, local human rights network. Discussion: • Ideas for new framing question. • Envisioning the Future: WHAT We Are Working on to Bring to Life in the Next 3-5 Years. 1 At the next work session (11/04/24), Commissioners will prioritize outcomes and key areas of work this will include: • Articulating the key areas of work that will likely be needed to bring the envisioned future to life • Voting for the two they believe will have the greatest impact • Identifying the top vote-getters Adjourned: 8:17 PM 2 C4 3 � $ A x N x x x w w w R = Q § � � � 3 x x x w x x w $ _ \ / / wn u ° \ II II II j a n 7 \ 2 \ 5 n ® _ b 2 Item Number: IP8. CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT October 24, 2024 Senior Center Commission: October 17 Attachments: Senior Center Commission: October 17 Preliminary Minutes October 17, 2024 MINUTES SENIOR CENTER COMMISSION October 17, 2024 Room 311, Iowa City Senior Center Members Present: Nancy Ostrognai, Lee McKnight, Angie McConville, Betty Rosse Members Absent: Jay Gilchrist, Warren Paris, Ross Taylor Staff Present: LaTasha DeLoach, Kristin Kromray Others Present: None CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by McKnight at 4.00 PM. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING: Motion: To accept the minutes from the September 19, 2024. Motion carried on a 4/0 vote. Ostrognai/McConville PUBLIC DISCUSSION: None. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW: DeLoach noted that Table to Table food distribution on Monday mornings are very busy. The Black History Ball is scheduled for February and planning is underway. The Pickleball Jamboree was a very successful event and raised around $6,000 for Friends of ICSC. The chiller has been turned off in the building for the season. There will be some HVAC work done over the next few months. The Senior Center will be a location for the Iowa City Book Festival on Saturday. McKnight asked about night and weekends and how they are going. DeLoach noted that we have had an uptick in rentals and weekends seem to be busier than weeknights. The Senior Center is a polling site on election day, but not an early voting location. The Senior Center will be getting a new awning at Washington St. COMMISSION DISCUSSION: The interior design discussion will start in calendar 2026. 1 Preliminary Minutes October 17, 2024 McConville noted that her Commission seat for the non-Iowa City at large seat will be open at the end of the year. She noted that this position is appointed by the Senior Center Commission. McConville reminded all that the local government and local property taxes go to be able to keep facilities like the Senior Center open and available to all in the community. Heather Shane, Development Specialist will come to an upcoming meeting to talk about her work with Friends of ICSC. Ostrognai noted that it would be nice to have a shade at the Washington St bench. Meeting Adjourned. 2 to � NO M N N � oN O O o � L L � iti N O00 II oc a� z � II x N Q oc oc N �O M U � s, N sU, cv N N O N M i-� � a N W N N N N N N N N N H N ct N N sue-, cd ,�j to "�'i ,tr" cn 0 cn N p cd V bA o N ,�j � N �" O O >,