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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-05-15 Info PacketCity Council Information Packet CITY OF IOWA CITY Council Tentative Meeting Schedule IP1. Council Tentative Meeting Schedule May 20 Work Session IP2. May 20 Work Session Agenda IP3. Pending City Council Work Session Topics Miscellaneous IP4. Memo from City Manager's Office: Housing Information IP5. Civil Service Entrance Examination - Mechanic III - Transit May 15, 2025 May 15, 2025 City of Iowa City Item Number: IP1. CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT May 15, 2025 Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Attachments: Council Tentative Meeting Schedule r City Council Tentative Meeting Schedule Subject to change CITY OF IOWA CITY May 15, 2025 Date Time Meeting Location 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 Monday, July 21, 2025 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting City of Coralville TBD 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 Monday, October 20, 2025 4:30 PM Joint Entities Meeting City Hall, Emma J. Harvat Hall 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 May 15, 2025 May 20 Work Session Agenda Attachments: Work Session Agenda Subject to change as finalized by the City Clerk. For a final official copy, contact the City Clerk's Office 356-5041 If you will need disability -related accommodations in order to participate in this program/event, please contact Kellie Grace at 319-356-5041, kgrace@iowa- city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs. Iowa City City Council - Work Session a r 1 Agenda =~,� MA01"M1- Work Session May 20, 2025 - 4:00 PM CITY OF IOWA CITY Emma J. Harvat Hall 410 E. Washington Street www.icgov.org City of Iowa City Land Acknowledgment can be found at: icgov.org/landacknowledgement Meeting Rules can be found at: icgov.org/meetingrules You can watch the meeting on cable channel 4 (118.2 QAM) in Iowa City, University Heights and Coralville, or you can watch it online at any of the following websites: * https://citychlanne14.com/live • https://www.Voutube.com/user/citVchannel4/live • https://facebook.com/CitvoflowaCity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Clarification of Agenda Items Information Packet Discussion [May 8, May 15] University of Iowa Student Government (USG) Updates Update from CommUnity and the Iowa City Police Department on Crisis Response Efforts Burlington Street Bridge Project Update Council updates on assigned boards, commissions, and committees Item Number: IP3. CITY OF IOWA CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT May 15, 2025 Pending City Council Work Session Topics Attachments: Pending WS Topics r 1 -►t.as� CITY OF IOWA CITY UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE PENDING CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION TOPICS May 14, 2025 Currently Scheduled • June 3, 2025: Local Option Sales Tax Presentation and Discussion FY23-25 Strategic Plan Action Item Topics Reguiring-Council Discussion: Explore legal steps to discourage or prevent bad faith and predatory property investors Advance prioritized recommendations in the 2022 Affordable Housing Action Plan. Work with partners to undertake significant -scale affordable housing efforts Develop a vision statement for a singular regional transit system with metro Johnson County entities and obtain initial commitments to study a regional system from each entity's elected officials Other Topics: ■ Discussion of board and commission appointment process • License plate reader technology discussion • Air quality discussion • Historic preservation incentive discussion ■ University of Iowa update • Conference Board (Sept. 16, 2025) • Recap of the State of Iowa legislative session (June) • Overview of the Iowa City Human Rights Ordinance • Sidewalk connection to Happy Hollow Park • Low Income Utility Discount Program (IP2 from 4.24.25) Note: Some items on the Pending List may require staff research and information gathering prior to scheduling. Item Number: IP4. a CITY OF IOWA CITY "QR T-4 COUNCIL ACTION REPORT May 15, 2025 Memo from City Manager's Office: Housing Information Attachments: Memo from City Manager's Office dated May 15, 2025 - Housing Information Memo from City Manager's Office dated May 15, 2025 - Iowa City Housing Authority Information r +==.:,�4 CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: May 15, 2025 To: Mayor and City Council From: City Manager's Office Re: Housing Information At your October 15, 2024 work session you asked staff to provide you housing related information on a recurring basis prior to each City Council meeting. Staff intends to add to this memo with each Information Packet that is publicly released prior to formal City Council meetings. We welcome feedback on the type of information that you believe will be most informative and useful in your roles as City Councilors. Date Topic October HUD Point -in -Time Count: This is a required count 31, 2024 conducted across the country of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. In 2023, the count revealed 160 sheltered and 18 unsheltered individuals in Johnson County. In 2024, the count revealed 159 sheltered and 22 unsheltered individuals in Johnson County. November j Housing Choice Voucher Utilization Rate: The 14, 2024 1 utilization rate refers to the number of housing choice vouchers that are under lease as a percentage of total vouchers available. As of July 2024, the national utilization rate is 86.23%. The State of Iowa utilization rate is 82.74%. The Iowa City Housing Authority utilization rate of 92.85% exceeds both the national and state figures. December 1 ICAAR Market Trends: ICAAR collects data about 5, 2024 home sales monthly. In Oct. 2024, the median sales Source Institute for Community Alliances (ICA) https://icalliances.org/pit HUD Housing Choice Voucher Data Dashboard https.,//www.hud.gov/progr am offices/public indian h ❑using/prog ram s/h cv/das hboard Iowa City Area Association of Realtors (ICAAR): May 15, 2025 Page 2 price was $376,250 for single-family (up 29.9% from https://icaar.org/market- trends/ Oct. 2023) and was $274,000 for a condominium (up 8.5%). However, the median sales price per square foot only increased 8.3%, which suggests some of the increase is due to the size of homes. In addition, the active inventory has increased 37.7%, which can help slow inflationary pressures. 2-Bedroom Housing Wage: The National Low Income January 2, National Low Income 2025 Housing Coalition computes housing wages across the Housing Coalition Out of country (the hourly wage rate needed to afford housing Reach Report. in the selected geographic region). In Iowa, the 2- https://tiiihc.o[g/oor/state/i a bedroom housing wage across the state is $18.86. For the Iowa City metropolitan area, the 2-bedroom housing wage is $20.81. January Cost Burden: A household is considered housing cost 21, 2025 1 burdened if it spends more than 30% of its income on February 4, 2025 housing expenses, including rent, mortgage payments, and utilities. In 2023, 59.3% of renters and 18.0% of owners were housing cost burdened. Households with lower incomes are more likely to experience cost burden: 91 % of households making less than $35,000 are cost burdened. Cost of Home Construction: The NAHB regularly conducts a national, non -statistically valid survey of builders about the cost breakdowns for a new single- family home. In 2024, the average finished area of a new home was 2,647 square feet, and the average total sales price was $665,298. Construction costs accounted for approximately 64.4% of the sales price. Meanwhile, the finished lot cost was 13.7% of the sales 2023 5-Year American Community Survey Data by the U.S. Census Bureau https://data.census.gov/tab le/ACS DT5Y2023. B25106 ?q=iowa%20city%20cost °I%20burden%20b %20ten ure&t=Owner/Renter%20( Tenure Cost of Constructing a Home-2024 by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) https://www.nahb.orq/- /media/NAHB/news-and- eco nom ics/does/ho u sinq- economics-plus/speciak May 15, 2025 Page 3 price, while other overhead costs — including financing, I studies/2025/special- general expenses, marketing, and sales commissions - I stud -cost-of-constructin - made up another 11.0%. This left an average of 11.0% 1 a-home-2024-ianuary- which constituted profit. February HUD Point -in -Time Count: This is a required count 13, 2025 conducted across the country of sheltered and March 6, 2025 May 1, 2025 unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. In 2023, the count revealed 160 sheltered and 18 unsheltered individuals in Johnson County. In 2024, the count revealed 159 sheltered and 22 unsheltered individuals in Johnson County. The 2025 count of sheltered individuals is being gathered for submission to HUD. Unofficially, the 2025 count revealed 38 unsheltered individuals in Johnson County. 2025.pdf Institute for Community Alliances (ICA) - 2025 not yet available. https://i call iances. orq/pit ICAAR Days on Market Trends: ICAAR collects data Iowa City Area Association about how long homes are listed for sale on the market. of Realtors (ICAAR): In Feb. 2025, the median Days on Market (DOM) in Iowa https:llicaar.org/market- City was 36 for single-family (up 38.5% from Feb. 2024) trends/ and was 28 for condominiums (up 24.4%). While DOM increased this past year, these numbers still suggest many homes are selling relatively quickly, and there is a strong demand for housing compared to supply. Utility Expenses: The cost of utilities is an important 2023 Iowa Water and component of monthly housing expenditures. The Iowa Wastewater Rates Finance Authority (I FA) recently funded a dashboard that Dashboard, Environmental allows public utility providers in Iowa to compare water Finance Center at the and sewer rates from FY23. For a residential customer University of North using 5,000 gallons of water and sewer service, Iowa Carolina at Chapel Hill City monthly rate is $60.73 which is in the lowest 20% of (UNC EFC): bills charged (the median in Iowa is $85.60). When a htt s://dashboards.efc.so residential customer only uses 4,000 gallons of water unc.edu/ia and sewer service, Iowa City's rate drops to the lowest May 15, 2025 Page 4 May 15, 2025 10% of bills charged at $50.30 (compared to the Iowa median of $74.32). While Iowa City's rates have increased since FY23, this highlights the comparative affordability of Iowa City's water and sewer service. ICAAR Inventory and Sales Trends: ICAAR collects data on several housing market variables by city. The April 2025 data shows that active inventory of homes for Iowa City is up 54.5% compared to April 2024 while closed sales are down 20% for that same period. This data suggests fewer buyers may be participating in the market. Iowa City Area Association of Realtors (ICAAR): https://icaar.org/market- CITY OF IOWA CITY MEMORANDUM Date: May 15, 2025 To: Mayor and City Council From: City Manager's Office Re: Housing Information In December 2024, Mayor Pro Tern Salih clarified with the City Manager's Office which specific data was of interest for regular reporting. That is reflected in the table below. Month Dec `24 Jan `25 Feb `25 March `25 April `25 May `25 HCV Waiting List* (# in Top Preference Category) 10,091 (1,205) 10,087 (1,204) 10,035 (1,157) -- 1,688 of the 10,305, or 16.8%. have an Iowa City address -- 9,956 (1,095) 8,913 (1,095) 2,349 (1,115) Public Housing Waiting List* Homeless (# in Top Preference Category) i Count** 1,627 (570) 1,614 (573) -- 452 of the 1,614, or 28%, have an Iowa City address -- 1,599 (561) 1,573 (551) 1,557 (541) * Data is sourced from the Iowa City Housing Authority (ICHA). The Top preference category includes households that are elderly, disabled or have minor children; and are also living and working in the ICHA jurisdiction (Johnson County, Iowa County and Washington County north of Highway 92). ** Data source is still being investigated. Item Number: IP5. a CITY OF IOWA CITY "QR T-4 COUNCIL ACTION REPORT May 15, 2025 Civil Service Entrance Examination - Mechanic I I I - Transit Attachments: Civil Service Entrance Examination - Mechanic III - Transit A r �Ifl CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240- 1 826 (319) 356-5000 (319) 356-5009 FAX www.icgov.org May 12, 2025 TO: The Honorable Mayor and the City Council RE: Civil Service Entrance Examination — Mechanic III — Transit 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 Mechanic III — Transit. Rey Cardenas Iowa City Civil Service Commission