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May 19, 2003 Council Work Session 6:58 PM
Council: Champion, Kanner, Lehman, Pfab, O'Donnell, Vanderhoef, Wilburn
Staff: Atkins, Helling, Dilkes, Voparil, Franklin
TAPE: 03-48, BOTH SIDES
REVIEW PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS
a. CONSIDER A MOTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 10 ON
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OVERLAY (PDH-5) PLAN FOR THE PENINSULA
NEIGHBORItOOD LOCATED ON FOSTER ROAD. (REZ03-00016)
Franklin/The first one is an ordinance amending the planned development housing plan
for the Peninsula Neighborhood. There are some Code changes that are included
here. You will also be getting the plat for Phase 2.
(see discussion after b)
b. CONSIDER A MOTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 10 ON
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 1.1 ACRES FROM CB-2, CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT SERVICE, TO PR/M, PLANNED HIGH DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF
SOUTH DUBUQUE STREET SOUTH OF COURT STREET. (REZ03-
00012)
Franklin/Item b is setting a public hearing for June 10th on a zoning change from CB2 to
PRM for property on the south side of Court Street. Basically, it's south on Court
and along Dubuque Street.
Franklin/Item c---
Kanner/Karin?
Kanner/I had a question about that.
Franklin/Uh-huh?
Kanner/I was reading the minutes from Planning and Zoning when they talked about this
a couple meetings ago, and they, one of the people there, Dan Brayer or
something?
Franklin/Dan Bray? Yes?
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Kanner/Right. He talked about how it was rezoned originally to encourage a building
that he had.
Franklin/Yes.
Kanner/Or U.C. had.
Franklin/Well, on his particular property. He owns the older house on the comer of Linn
Street and Court, which is across the street and down a block from, well, across
Linn Street---
Pfab/Oh, OK, yeah.
Franklin/...from the property in question, and at that time when his property was zoned
CB-2, it was at his request so that he could have his office in there and the reason
was based upon that being an historic structure and the desire to preserve that
structure. But, generally speaking, the Near Southside Redevelopment Plan
advocates zoning south of Court Street for high-density multi-family, which is the
PRM zone. The property that's being requested for rezoning, now the elderly
housing, and the apartments to the south of that were left in CB-2 because of
existing uses there at the time. The elderly housing, which at that time was
consistent with the CB-2 zoning. There was also some other commercial property
as you proceed down Dubuque Street that is commercial, now a law office, there
was a vet's office there that has since moved. So, some of these properties when
we did the Near Southside rezoning stayed CB-2 because they had some
commercial uses going on or uses that were consistent with CB-2, but not with the
PRM. So this rezoning to PRM brings us closer to the vision of the Near
Southside Redevelopment Plan than does the CB-2. And Mr. Bray's
circumstances were unique to that particular property and were at his request. And
the Council at the time honored his request.
Pfab/I read that the last Planning and Zoning meeting that (can't hear)
Franklin/I expect they will, too. Or not tomorrow but June 10th.
Lehman/Irvin, why don't you talk in your microphone?
Pfab/Sorry about that. I (can't hear), is--it appears that if you rezone it, it basically puts
that elderly housing or senior housing, however you want to say it, at risk.
Franklin/Well, that's really a market determination because what will happen with the
rezoning to PRM is the elderly housing can continue but the option that's opened
up is that it also can be for anyone. It doesn't restrict it to elderly housing.
Pfab/But as it is now, it is restricted, however?
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Franklin/Yes. Yes.
a. CONSIDER A MOTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 10 ON
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING OVERLAY (PDH-5) PLAN FOR THE PENINSULA
NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED ON FOSTER ROAD. (REZ03-00016)
Vanderhoef/Karin, I also had a question on a. And you just---
Franklin/Oh.
Vanderhoef/...I didn't get my paper opened up with my question.
Franklin/OK.
Vanderhoef/Down in the comments there's a list of the various things, and I wondered
on number 3, the changes in grade to make it easier to---
Franklin/ To provide access for people with disabilities?
Vanderhoef/Yeah. What does that look like?
Franklin/Currently, there is a requirement that the entry or the first part of the building
be 30 inches above grade, which does not allow for stepless entry. What this does
is it modifies that so that it's not required in all circumstances to allow for a
stepless entry for people with disabilities. And it won't be in every single
cimumstance.
Vanderhoef/Because that's a requirement that we put on our Housing Code for anything
that got CDBG or Home Funds.
Franklin/Correct. That's correct.
Vanderhoef/OK. Excuse me. Then the home occupation on the upper floor, does that
mean only work space or does that entail having an elevator?
Franklin/What that is about is--an elevator? I don't understand that---
Vanderhoef/Allowing home occupations---
Franklin/Yeah.
Vanderhoef/...to occur on the upper floors.
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Franklin/Home occupations now can occur in any residential dwelling unit and I would
have to go back and look at the Code, but evidently, home occupations were
restricted to the first floor, and this just makes it more liberal and allows them also
to occur on the second floor if you've got a flat one over the other, that you could
have the home occupation on the second floor as well as the first floor. I don't
think it relates to the--this does not relate to the requirement for an elevator. That
may come into play with the Building Code.
Vanderhoef/Well, that's the question that I asked.
Franklin/But a home occupation does not require a permit at this point in time. Home
occupations are dealt with on a complaint basis, that basically with a home
occupation, the residence has to be ostensibly from the outside from all behavior a
residence. So.
Champion/It wouldn't have to be (can't hear) some type of an elevator because a lot of
home occupations don't have customers going to the house.
Franklin/Yeah.
Vanderhoef/Well, but that--you know, I would have to see---
Franklin/It would have to kick in, possibly when a building permit was being issued. But
because of the way we handle home occupations, I don't think it's going to
require an elevator because there's not necessarily, we're not going to know
exactly when one is established.
Vanderhoef/OK, then,---
Franklin/So, I don't know if that answers your question or not.
Vanderhoef/It allows some things there that it's OK, but it may bring in, like you say, the
Housing Code then.
Franklin/I don't think this is any different from what we would allow or require in any
other place in the City. For some reason there was a restriction to home
occupations being on the ground floor in the Peninsula Code. This enables it to be
on the second floor; just as in my home right now I could have a home occupation
on my second floor if I wanted to.
Dilkes/Yeah, I don't think it's going to bring the accessibility issues into play because
when the building permit is issued, it's going to be for a residential structure not a
commercial structure.
Franklin/Right.
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Vanderhoef/OK.
Dilkes/And so they're not even going to look at---
Vanderhoef/Then, I've one more. Removing the requirement for balconies for these
apartments. Is that strictly a cost thing? Because in my mind I think of the
balconies as being a fire safety kind of thing that one can move out onto a
balcony.
Franklin/Well, no. Right now, we don't require balconies on other buildings in the City
and in fact when this was in the original Peninsula Code, we brought it to the
developer's attention. We didn't think the requirement for a second floor balcony
was something that was common in Iowa City. We have them on a number of
apartment buildings, but usually it's for an air conditioning unit or a cooker or a
keg. The balcony requirement was not something--it was an architectural style
type of thing that was in the Code, that became problematic and so we had always
wanted to have it out of the Code and finally they agreed that it should be out of
the Code. It's not a requirement that you have to have a balcony on the second
floor. It doesn't preclude you from having one. It just doesn't require it.
Kanner/Was that a new urbanist thing to have balconies that it would give them more
community feel? Was that why it was included?
Franklin/It was included, well, because of the, I believe, architectural taste of the person
who was writing the Code.
Vanderhoef/Because a lot of the old houses have that balcony out over the front porch
kind of thing.
Franklin/It's kind of a more Southem thing or the widow's walk in New England.
Champion/I have a second floor balcony at the back of my house.
Franklin/Mm-hmm. Sure. It's not---
Vanderhoef/It's not what I'm thinking of---
Champion/ There's not very many houses in---
Franklin/ But see what this did is it required you to have one. And there are some
apartment buildings, you don't want that balcony up there. Well, we, you know
what, we're going to have all the detail of this at the next meeting when it's on the
public hearing. Can we talk about it then?
Lehman/Right, right. That's a good time to do it.
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Franklin/OK.
Lehman/Irvin?
Pfab/I was going to say I think that came from the request of the (can't hear)
Franklin/(Can't hear---Radar?) of the City Housing Fellowship, yes.
Pfab/And this one (can't hear)
Kanner/To put a balcony?
Franklin/To not have to have a balcony.
Pfab/(Can't hear)
O'Donnell/Irvin, your microphone is, I can't hear.
Pfab/Thank you. Does the home occupation require that it has public access?
Champion/No.
Franklin/No.
Pfab/OK. Well, that's, yeah, so that was my, the elevator thing, I didn't think it did.
Franklin/Mm-hmm?
b. CONSIDER A MOTION SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE 10 ON
AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 1.1 ACRES FROM CB-2, CENTRAL BUSINESS
DISTRICT SERVICE, TO PRM~ PLANNED HIGH DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF
SOUTH DUBUQUE STREET SOUTH OF COURT STREET. (REZ03-
00012)
Kanner/For number b?
Franklin/Yes.
Kanner/I just want to clarify something in the Planning and Zoning April 17th minutes, it
said at first, it said staff felt, staff said the, McCafferty said that staff felt that the
applicant's reason for rezoning was not compelling. Then it said in reviewing the
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1992 Near Southside Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan, at that time, because of
the adjacent land uses, they felt there was sufficient reason for approving the
rezoning. Would it be correct to say it overrode the first part?
Franklin/Yeah.
Kanner/I'm just trying to get (can't hear)
Franklin/The argument, I believe, and Ann and Jerry, correct me if I'm wrong in what
was stated at the Commission meeting. I believe the argument of Mr. Clark was
that he was having trouble leasing the property for elderly residents. And so
therefore he wanted to change it. What Shelley was saying was not a compelling
argument, but the fact that it was consistent with the Near Southside
Redevelopment Plan was the reason that the staff could support this rezoning
request.
Kanner/OK.
Lehman/OK?
Franklin/OK.
O'Donnell/OK.
c. CONSIDER A MOTION SETTING A PUBLIC ItEARING FOR JUNE 10 ON
AN ORDINANCE REZONING 6.91 ACRES FROM MEDIUM-DENSITY
SINGLE-FAMILY (RS-8) TO SENSITIVE AREAS OVERLAY MEDIUM-
DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY (OSA-8) AND A PRELIMINARY AND
FINAL PLAT OF DONAItUE SUBDIVISION, A 6.91-ACRE, 2-LOT
RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 1515 N. DUBUQUE ROAD.
(REZ03-00010/SUB03-00002)
Franklin/Item c. Setting a public heating for June 10th on an ordinance amending the
zoning on 6.91 acres from RS-8 to OSA-8 for the preliminary and final plat of
Donahue Subdivision. It's a two-lot subdivision on North Dubuque Road. I don't
think you've seen this at all yet. It's a little odd, but we'll see it in detail next
time. It's a two-lot subdivision.
Lehman/We're going to see that on the 10th.
Franklin/Yes, you are.
d. CONSIDER A MOTION SETTING A PUBLIC ItEARING FOR JUNE 10 ON
AN ORDINANCE REZONING 6.92 ACRES FROM INTERIM
DEVELOPMENT (ID-RS) TO LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY (RS-5)
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FOR PROPERTY LOCATED WEST OF CUMBERLAND LANE SOUTH
OF SCOTT PARK. (REZ03-00014/SUB03-00013)
Franklin/D is setting a public hearing again on the 10th, rezoning 6.92 acres from ID-RS
to RS-5. This is just west of Windsor Ridge at the extension of Cumberland Lane.
e. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SOUTH CENTRAL
DISTRICT PLAN TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION FROM OFFICE PARK / COMMERCIAL TO
INTENSIVE OR HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL FOR PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF MORMON TREK BOULEVARD
EXTENDED.
Franklin/Item e is to consider a resolution that amends the South Central District Plan to
change the future land use designation from Office Park/Commercial to Intensive
or Highway Commercial. And you have had your public hearing on this. It is this
portion of---
Lehman/ Right.
Franklin/...the area around the Mormon Trek project, so--yes?
Pfab/OK. Go back (can't hear). Can we go back over why that (can't hear)
Franklin/OK, initially, this Office/Commercial was in this plan because there was
concern about strip development of commercial along the highway. Since then the
airport has acquired property along the highway. The concern about strip
development has kind of dissipated in terms of it being an issue along Highway 1,
because all this development is down in this area. And so, what this does is it
changes this part to the public for the airport and then this other part becomes an
intensive or Highway Commercial.
Lehman/Irvin, you need to speak in your mike.
Pfab/But for practical purposes, now what is allowed or not allowed? The fact that the
airport owns it really doesn't change.
Franklin/Well, the airport property, the difference in terms of the airport owning it is that
the airport owns along the highway. And so the concern about the strip
commercial is no longer a concern because it's not privately owned along the
highway.
Pfab/Now, what--but can't the airport put whatever it wants in there anyway?
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Franklin/The airport won't. That's in a runway protection zone; it will not be developed.
Yes, they can, but it will not be developed. It's a runway protection zone. So the
property at the airport is really out of the question.
Pfab/OK, so no matter who owns it, it's in the flight way.
Franklin/That's correct.
Pfab/So, whether the airport owns it or not, so what, and no matter what it's zoned, it
can't be---
Franklin/ That's not the part that's going to be zoned commercial. That's going to be
zoned P. What we're talking about is property south of there.
Pfab/OK, so---
Franklin/ Right hem.
Lehman/The arrow's right on it.
Franklin/This area right in here.
Pfab/OK.
Franklin/And what we're talking about is conceptually changing that from Office
Commercial to Highway Commemial and Commercial/Intensive, because that is
more consistent with the industrial development to the east here, that we're trying
to do with this Mormon Trek project.
Pfab/And that does not, is not affected by airport flight restrictions.
Franklin/No.
Pfab/So this is just a, so the only part that has any flight contingency on it---
Franklin/ Is the blue part.
Pfab/OK. OK.
Kanner/But they can put some commercial in there, can't they?
Franklin/In the airport property?
Kanner/Yeah.
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Franklin/No. Nothing. Only up here. All the blue is airport, nmways, open space. That's
it.
Kanner/OK.
f. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY 150 ACRES OF
PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 218~ WEST
OF THE IOWA CITY AIRPORT, AND BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 1. (ANN03-00001~ ANN01-00004)
Franklin/OK. Item fis a resolution that annexes the 150 acres, this whole shaded area
hem. With this, there's one issue that I need to raise because I understand that you
didn't have discussion of it prior to your public hearing, and that has to do with
the tax transition. On all of the properties on which the City approached the
private property owners to request their consent to annexation, we used as an
incentive to that consent a tax transition that is allowed by the state, and enables
us to transition the taxes over five years. This property right here which is owned
by John Dane and Dave Larson, we have an application already on file from a
couple of years ago, which had been tabled indefinitely because of the time this
property was not contiguous to Iowa City's corporate limits. So, we have not
included in the resolution the tax transition for this property since it was at their
behest that it was being annexed. Mr. Dane has requested that he also has the tax
transition that was given to the other properties and that's a decision for the City
Council to make. If you do wish to grant Mr. Dane that same tax transition, we'll
need to, I believe, make an amendment to the resolution that's before you. But we
can do that before tomorrow night.
Kanner/How much, do you know approximately how much we've spent in property
acquisition for Mormon Trek?
Franklin/Oh, my. Not off the top of my head.
Kanner/Or what we plan to spend in the next fiscal year?
Franklin/Lots of money.
Atkins/We can find out. I don't know.
Kanner/Yeah, if you could for tomorrow (can't hear)
Atkins/Can you give me the question specifically, Steven, so I can make sure I know
what we're looking for?
Kanner/For Mormon Trek extended---
Atkins/Mormon Trek extended.
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Karmer/...in the previous years and in the next, current and the next year, how much---
Atkins/For land acquisition?
Kanner/...for land acquisition.
Atkins/I'll see what I can do.
Kanner/And right of, and easement right-of-way.
Atkins/That kind of thing, yeah.
Franklin/Mm-hmm. I believe you received a memo in your last packet or maybe two
packets ago, a confidential memo---
Lehman/Right.
Franklin/...from the attorney's office regarding the acquisition prices.
Kanner/Yeah, from---
Dilkes/There's probably also a budgeted amount, I would assume for--is there?
Franklin/There's a budgeted amount for the entire project. I won't break it down for land
acquisition.
Atkins/Before you go further, since those acquisitions are concluded, then there's no
confidentiality problems or anything.
Dilkes/Or we can get that amount---
Atkins/That's what I thought. OK.
Vanderhoef/And would you break out then also when you start totaling all this up, then
tell us what the FFA is paying us to help build that road, which is the money for
the relocation of Dane Road.
Pfab/You mean how much is offset by the federal government?
Vanderhoef/Well, how much they're giving us for that.
Atkins/I'll get what you want.
Franklin/OK.
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Vanderhoef/So that we know exactly what ours is.
Franklin/OK.
Lehman/OK.
g. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 6.1 ACRES FROM COUNTY RS, SUBURBAN
RESIDENTIAL, TO CI-1, INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL, FOR PROPERTY
LOCATED WEST OF DANE ROAD, EAST OF MORMON TREK
BOULEVARD EXTENDED. (REZ01-00017) (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
h. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING OF
APPROXIMATELY 144 ACRES FROM COUNTY CH, C2, R1A, RS & A1
TO P, PUBLIC, CH-l, HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL, CI-1, INTENSIVE
COMMERCIAL, AND ID-RS, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, FOR
PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF HIGHWAY 218, WEST
OF THE IOWA CITY AIRPORT~ AND BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 1. (REZ03-00013) (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Franklin/Then the next two, the next two items are ordinances which take in the zoning
of this property. The first one is for what I've just described of the Dane property.
Because that was a separate application, we have it on a separate item from RS to
CI-1 for that property that Mr. Dane and Mr. Larson own. And then Item h is the
rezoning for the remainder of the property throughout the 150 acres, which is
explained by this diagram.
Vanderhoef/So it's g that we would have to amend for tomorrow night?
Franklin/No, it would be f, because it's the resolution of annexation in which you would
want to make that tax transition applicable to all properties if you also want it to
apply to the Dane's.
Champion/How do people feel about that? I think it ought to apply to all properties.
Vanderhoef/I do, too. So, if there's four of us and then if it were written so that we could
just refer to it---
Franklin/ Yeah, if you can make a decision or give us some direction tonight, we'll
change the resolution.
O'Donnell/I don't have a problem with it.
Kauner/OK.
Vanderhoef/OK, there's four.
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Franklin/OK, we'll make that change.
i. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE COMBINING THE LONGFELLOW HISTORIC
DISTRICT AND THE MOFFITT COTTAGE HISTORIC DISTRICT INTO
ONE HISTORIC DISTRICT NAMED TItE LONGFELLOW HISTORIC
DISTRICT. (REZ03-00004) (SECOND CONSIDERATION)
Franklin/Item i, second consideration on the Moffitt District being included with the
Longfellow District.
j. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION
FROM CB-2, CENTRAL BUSINESS SERVICE ZONE, TO CB-S,
CENTRAL BUSINESS SUPPORT ZONE, FOR BLOCK 67 OF THE
ORIGINAL TOWN PLAT, EXCEPTING THE 6,000 SQUARE FOOT
PROPERTY AT 130 NORTH DUBUQUE STREET. (REZ03-00006) (PASS
AND ADOPT)
Franklin/Itemj is pass and adopt on the rezoning of block 67 from CB-2 to CB-5.
k. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CONDITIONALLY CHANGING THE ZONING
DESIGNATION FROM CB-2, CENTRAL BUSINESS SERVICE ZONE,
TO CB-5, CENTRAL BUSINESS SUPPORT ZONE, FOR A 6,000 SQUARE
FOOT PROPERTY AT 130 NORTH DUBUQUE STREET (REZ02-00021)
(PASS AND ADOPT)
Franklin/Item k is pass and adopt on the rezoning of the comer lot in block 67 from CB-
2 to CB-5.
I. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION
FROM HIGH DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY / SENSITIVE AREA
OVERLAY (RS-12/OSA) TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HOUSING
OVERLAY (OPDIt-12/OSA) FOR 2.12 ACRES OF PROPERTY
LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MEADOW RIDGE
LANE AND NORTH DUBUQUE STREET. (REZ03-00009) (PASS AND
ADOPT)
Franklin/Item 1 is pass and adopt on Meadow Ridge. Those are the three items.
Pfab/I have a question.
Franklin/Yes.
Pfab/They said that there wasn't enough objections, but it appears--is that reaching the
20 percent?
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Franklin/No, 19.78 percent.
Pfab/No, no, but it requires 20 percent?
Franklin/Yes.
Pfab/OK. Is that ever going to be possible or is that because there--are there people that
are not objecting or there's people?
Franklin/Yes.
Pfab/There is no 20 percent?
Franklin/Yes. You know, you can achieve 20 percent.
Kanner/It reached 20 percent but too late for the deadline. So it is possible.
Pfab/OK. All right, because I see different objections and I was wondering is it a case
where there is no 20 percent?
Franklin/No, it could have achieved a 20---
Pfab/It could have but it---
Franklin/ Yes, but it did not in time.
m. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD
CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL (RNC-12 & RNC-20), HIGH DENSITY
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM-44) AND MEDIUM DENSITY
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RS-8) TO CONSERVATION
DISTRICT OVERLAY (RNC-12/OCD, RNC-20/OCD, RM-44/OCD & RS-
8/OCD) FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE COLLEGE HILL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT WITHIN THE COLLEGE HILL
NEIGHBORHOOD. (REZ03-00005) (PASS AND ADOPT)
Franklin/OK, Item m is the Conservation District, the College Hill Conservation District,
pass and adopt.
n. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION
FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL (RNC-12)
TO OVERLAY HISTORIC PRESERVATION (OHP/RNC-12)
DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30 SOUTH
GOVERNOR STREET AN IOWA CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK.
(REZ03-00001) (PASS AND ADOPT)
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o. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING TIlE ZONING DESIGNATION
FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL (RNC-20)
TO OVERLAY HISTORIC PRESERVATION, (OPH/RNC-20),
DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AT 802 WASHINGTON STREET AS
AN IOWA CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK (REZ03-00002) (PASS AND
ADOPT)
p. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION
FROM NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL, (RNC-20),
TO OVERLAY HISTORIC PRESERVATION, (IHP/RNC-20),
DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY AT 726 IOWA AVENUE AS AN IOWA
CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK. (REZ03-00003) (PASS AND ADOPT)
Franklin/Item n is the landmark at 30 South Governor; o, landmark at 802 Washington;
p, landmark at 726 Iowa Avenue.
q. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING A FINAL PLAT OF
HOLLYWOOD MANOR, PART 8. (SUB03-00012)
Franklin/Item q--well, all right. I don't have one for item--shoot.
Dilkes/It's going to be deferred until June 10th anyway.
Franklin/Yeah, that's why I didn't have one. Sorry about that.
r. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE EXTRATERRITORIAL
FINAL PLAT OF WINDY MEADOWS ADDITION, JOHNSON COUNTY,
IOWA. (SUB03-00010)
Franklin/Item r is a resolution approving the extraterritorial final plat of Windy
Meadows Addition. This is one we've talked about a number of times with
rezoning preliminary plat and now the final plat. This is a county subdivision, two
lots. I think we've been over it before.
Lehman/Right.
Vanderhoef/It is in a different watershed.
Franklin/Yeah. Old Man's Creek.
s. CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED FINAL
MANUFACTURED HOUSING SITE PLAN OF SADDLEBROOK
ADDITION, PART 2, LOTS 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8, IOWA CITY, IOWA. (SUB03-
00015)
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Franklin/Item s is a resolution amending the final manufactUred housing site plan for
Saddlebrook. The only reason we didn't do this administratively is because with a
manufactured housing site plan, it has to go through you if there's a change.
Lehman/All right.
Franklin/And this is just a change in the intersection at Shire's, Shire Lane and Paddock
Circle.
Pfab/Could you go over that? I'm aware of what it is. I just would like to refresh some of
it.
Franklin/OK, what this is is this is the current configuration of Shire Lane and Paddock
Circle. And right now Paddock Circle comes around like this and Shim Lane
comes into it straight on, which creates confusion in terms of street naming. So
what's proposed is that Shire Lane will T into Paddock Circle and Paddock Circle
will continue on around like this.
Pfab/OK. Now does that change the number of lots available?
Franklin/No.
Pfab/OK. No, I think this is a great idea. It certainly would cut down confusion. I think
it's a great idea.
Lehman/Thank you, Karin.
Franklin/Well, 7:20. Not my fault.
O'Donnell/Good job.
REVIEW AGENDA ITEMS
ITEM 5. A CIVIL PENALTY OF EITHER $1500.00 AGAINST OR A THIRTY
(30) DAY SUSPENSION OF TIlE RETAIL CIGARETTE PERMIT OF
TIlE AIRLINER, PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE SECTION 453A.22(2).
ITEM 6. A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1500.00 AND A THIRTY {30) DAY RETAIL
CIGARETTE PERMIT SUSPENSION AGAINST A & J MINI MART,
INC., PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE SECTION 453A.22(2).
Lehman/OK. Agenda items? I have one question I guess, item 5 and 6. What are--what's
the option of the Council? It appears to me that they can either have their permit
revoked or pay $1,500.
Pfab/Yes.
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Lehman/Are we supposed to decide whether they're guilty or not?
Dilkes/No, we're doing it the same thing we've always done. They have a right to--you
know, notice and an opportunity to be heard. We're doing the same procedure we
had before; the penalties have changed as a result of the State Code.
Lehman/OK, but the--OK.
Dilkes/No, and so the resolution will simply read within 10 days they're either to
suspend their permit or pay the $1,500---
Lehman/Oh.
Champion/Oh, OK.
Dilkes/...just leave; you don't have to pay the---
Lehman/No, it's still their choice.
Dilkes/That's number 5. Number 6 is the third penalty.
Vanderhoef/So, it's automatic.
Dilkes/It is the third time and it's an automatic suspension and a penalty.
Lehman/OK.
Pfab/And a penalty?
Vanderhoef/Yes.
Dilkes/Mm-hmm.
Lehman/All right.
Pfab/OK, so the second time they have an option; the third time they have a whammy.
Lehman/Right.
Pfab/The suspension and the $1,500.
Dilkes/Right.
Pfab/That wasn't the way I read it so---
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Dilkes/Well, though, you got a memo from us, I think sometime in the last month, the
state law has changed the graduated penalty.
Lehman/OK.
ITEM 7. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE REPEALING TITLE 6, "PUBLIC
HEALTH," CHAPTER 7, "SMOKING IN FOOD ESTABLISItMENTS" OF
TItE CITY CODE.
Vanderhoef/And I have a question on 7. What is our legal status if we don't rescind it?
Dilkes/Well, it's an unenforceable ordinance that's on the books.
Vanderhoef/OK.
Dilkes/And if opposed, potentially subject to challenge.
Vanderhoef/Even though we're not enforcing it?
Dilkes/Well, it doesn't say that.
Lehman/Your recommendation is that we rescind it, is that correct?
Dilkes/I think it should be repealed. The Iowa Supreme Court has spoken and I think it
should be repealed.
Vanderhoef/OK, second question then. Would there be a way that we could suspend the
ordinance? And what I'm thinking is down the road, if we finally get our home
rule, which we ought to get as our home rule, then we could reinstate the
suspended---
Dilkes/I'm aware of no procedure for suspension of an ordinance. I know Eileen Fisher
called me from CAFE saying that the Attorney General had made mention of that.
I have been in contact with the Attorney General since the Supreme Court's
ruling, and they haven't contacted me about some potential for a suspension. I am
aware of no procedure for suspending an ordinance. The best I think is you would
add some kind of provision that says, Due to--actually by ordinance--Due to the
Supreme Court's decision, this ordinance is unenforceable. I guess I just, you
know, I go back to the fact that the Supreme Court has ruled that the ordinance is
invalid and unenforceable; it shouldn't be on our books.
Lehman/But we could very easily turn around and pass the same ordinance again.
Dilkes/ If the Legislature changes the law, you can pass the same ordinance again.
Kanner/I have a question for you, Eleanor.
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Dilkes/Uh-huh?
Karmer/Is this ruling by the State Supreme Court appealable to the Federal Court system
at all?
Dilkes/No.
Lehman/OK. Any other agenda items?
Pfab/OK, one comment before this one. Are you saying you're waiting to hear back from
the Attorney General?
Dilkes/No. What I'm saying in response to Dee's question is this--some kind of
mechanism for suspension of an ordinance was mentioned to me by Ilene when
she called and she had told me that she had heard of that from the attorney
general. There is no statutory procedure for suspension of an ordinance. I don't
know what that reference is to and I have not been contacted by the attorney
general.
Pfab/OK, so you're--there's no communication (can't hear) at this point for with you and
the attorney general?
Dilkes/There's no what, Irvin?
Pfab/There's no communication that's in limbo.
Dilkes/No.
Pfab/OK.
Kanner/Irvin, were you done with it?
Pfab/Yes, I'm finished.
ITEM 2. b RECEIVE AND FILE MINUTES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
(6) POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD: APRIL 9.
Kanner/In regards to Consent Calendar, 2B, Minutes of Boards, number 6, PCRB from
April 9th. They had a statement, a comment in regards to case number 02-01, and
they said that allegation number 2, failure for the police to provide for the safety
and protection of an arrested person while they did not sustain it, recommended
the topic be addressed in training if it is not already being done. So this is
specifically regarding protecting handcuffed arrestees. That was the partial basis
of the complaint. And I was wondering if Council would agree that we should get
a report on this as to what the response is of the Police Chief and the City
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Manager. I think it would be appropriate to hear from them their response to this
comment.
Atkins/I have no trouble with that.
Lehman/You can give us a memo on that.
Atkins/Oh, sure.
Lehman/OK.
Pfab/So, do you want to take it out of Consent Calendar then?
Kanner/No, this is just the minutes. Maybe I'll bring this up tomorrow.
Atkins/We'll prepare something for you.
Kanner/This is a concern with a police procedure and I think it's appropriate to hear a
response from our staff.
Pfab/So, we, I'm just trying to set the, figure out here. So you're saying that you should
be able to come up with a memo prior to this?
Atkins/Your action is adopting the minutes. Steve is raising the issue of training
concerning handcuffed arrestees and what we did in response to the PCRB, and
I'll prepare something for you on that.
Karmer/It won't come out tomorrow, but I'm commenting on the minutes.
Pfab/OK, OK.
Kanner/We're accepting the report essentially from them. And one thing that perhaps we
can talk about sooner or budget time is expanded bus service. We got a letter
again for wanting service on the outskirts, and we know it's difficult to provide
that service when there's not the mass of people there. But I think I mentioned
this before. I think we really need to look at development, some sort of fee, if it's
possible legally, and we should look into this to see if we can get a transportation
fee so that we can provide bus service sooner. If we're going to have
developments out on the fringe, I don't think we should have to wait 20 or 30
years until there's appropriate mass of people. And I was wondering what folks
thought about that? This is in regard to---
Lehman/ Is there interest in putting an item like that on a work session?
Pfab/I'd suggest we do.
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Dilkes/I think, just that's given the Supreme Court's most recent ruling on park impact
fees and their analysis of what, of when a fee constitutes a tax; that's going to be
very difficult.
Lehman/I don't sense that there's interest in putting it on a work session anyway.
Karmer/I would say though one of the things we might want to discuss is if there's a
way, if we can't do it directly, look at options of what can we do to encourage
that? I think there probably are a range of things that we could work into our
development and rezoning and so forth.
Champion/All right, you know, I think the idea's great. It'd be nice if we had more
public transportation. But public transportation is very costly and doesn't come
anywhere near paying for itself, let alone taking it into an area where there aren't
very many people. I just don't think we can possibly afford that. We're already
taxing our transit levy to our absolute maximum, putting state dollars and federal
dollars, and I think we just have to continue doing as best as we can, and that's
probably not going to function in a remote area.
Kanner/Well, that's why I say we might need to have public-private cooperation because
we subsidize the roads to a great extent that go out there.
Champion/Some of us use the roads, too.
Kanner/What? Yeah. Not, but certainly not the same as the car at the same impact that
the cars have. But I would say is let's look and see if there's ways that we can get
the private developers and perhaps the residents to help contribute and make it
possible a little sooner than otherwise would happen.
Pfab/I think another thing that what it would do--it would probably promote the
development on a faster base once you start pointing out the public facilities,
infrastructure, would help the City, you get refund, or you recapture the
investment on it. I think it'd be something to look at. I don't know if there's a
solution, but it would encourage. I think it would be beneficial to make the offer,
it'd be beneficial to the City, and I think it's a win-win. That would be my
thoughts.
Lehman/Is there interest in putting that on as an agenda item?
Wilbum/I don't see how you'd do it without side-stepping the issue of taxing---
Lehman/ Right.
Wilburn/...which is (can't hear)
Lehman/All right. Are there any other agenda items?
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COUNCIL TIME
Lehman/Well, we'll go to Council time.
Kanner/I'll state--in our info packet we got our second report on the budget, on the Iowa
City actual money spent versus the budget. I think that this is a (can't hear) thing
that Kevin and his staff are doing, and I appreciate for this, and I think it's good
for the City to be able to have this and see where we're at and be able to question
certain items. There were a few items that I had that probably we'd want Kevin
here and don't--I might talk to him---
Atkins/OK.
Kanner/...privately and try to get some of the information---
Atkins/He's off all this week so---
Kanner/...yeah, so try to figure out how to best do that.
Atkins/Just let us know.
Kanner/Some of the figure--there's some things that I think we---
Atkins/What we're trying to accomplish is a narrative description for historical purposes
as well as the numbers and so someone can go back and that's the plan.
Vanderhoef/Well, what it is pointing out in many cases that we're still under budget---
Atkins/Yes.
Vanderhoef/...and that people are working really hard to keep us that way so we can say
thank you to our staff for all the--the little things do add up, and apparently
they're working on a bunch of those little ones, and thank you.
Kanner/Let me ask you one of them and throw this out to Council.
Atkins/OK.
Karmer/In the landfill enterprise, which is in our info pack was on page 48, it appeared
that they want--the tipping fees revenue, tipping fee revenue went up on '02 and
then '03, we projected them to go down.
Atkins/Mm-hmm.
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Kanner/So the question is why did we project them to go down and then the second
question is we have larger than expected reserves. Can we use the money for
more service? For instance, we take plastics 1 or 2; there are some cities that take
more plastics. Another thing we talked about, Dee and I, with the students is
recycling at some of the private apartment buildings. Maybe we can do a test
pilot. Can we use some of the reserves for that? I don't want to necessarily lower
the price of tipping fees because that encourages more waste.
Atkins/Right.
Kanner/So, if we have this excess and we're going beyond our state-required reserve
fund, can we use some of that? Are you talking about what do we do with that
extra money if we' re getting more, if more waste haulers are coming to Iowa City
landfill than we expected, maybe we can use that to put it back into the City to
encourage more recycling.
Atkins/And I think my answer is yes to all of those. The landfill reserve position and the
financing is very much a matter of Council policy and that you have discretion to
use those monies if you wanted to, you know, kick off some sort of a recycling
program. It's usually the difficulty of have us sustaining it over a period of time,
because often right upfront it doesn't come close to paying for itself.
Vanderhoef/The reserve fund is not---
Atkins/Yes, Steven, we get it---
Vanderhoef/...not showing our cell closing fee money, too, isn't it?
Atkins/No. We have a reserve account. There's a couple of things. One is that it allows
us to buy additional land if necessary. Secondly, it's a cash position that we have
to maintain to satisfy DNR regulations. But what we have also done in order to
keep our rates down, to keep our reserves at some reasonable number is we've
also pledged our debt service, if we ever had to do it and they allowed us to do
that also. We don't expect we'll have to do that, but that---
Champion/We don't want to do that.
Atkins/No, we do not want to do that. No.
Vanderhoef/Matter of fact.
Atkins/That's the only real options they gave us and it's, you know, personally, it's
difficult to be accumulating dollars in that magnitude and not being able to use
them productively on other City projects, but that's the State law. But if we wish
to expand something, Steven, the answer is, I believe, yes, we could do that.
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Vanderhoef/Do we typically get quarterly payments for our parking contract with the
hotel?
Atkins/Yes. There's a note---
Vanderhoef/So when the comment is January and February are still due---
Atkins/Mm-hmm.
Vanderhoef/...it's just because---
Atkins/Yes.
Vanderhoef/...the quarter hasn't come in. OK.
Atkins/Yes, to my knowledge, the hotel remains current.
Kanner/But the question, Dee, is why is it--I look at compared to the previous year--why
is it down compared to the previous year? They would expect that---
Atkins/At the hotel? You're not going to park in there?
Kanner/Well, in general for these figures, but--so it doesn't tell us so much what is the
budget, what is the actual compared to budget so much. But we knew that they
paid quarterly last year unless that's a new procedure, so why would it be down?
Atkins/Oh, hotel occupancy is down.
Kanner/No, the payment of the---
Atkins/Yeah, but people park at the hotel and then the hotel pays us for a certain number
of hours for parking. Yeah, that's how it works.
Lehman/I think the occupancy is actually up.
Atkins/I mean these are--you know, when you see these things, flag them. Often in
landfill, a couple of years ago, there's a big spike. Well, we had a terrible storm.
Lehman/Yeah.
Atkins/All of that stuffgoes to the landfill.
Vanderhoef/Often occupancy can be up, but if they don't bring cars.
Pfab/You're right.
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Atkins/Yeah.
Vanderhoef/Then they don't have that fee.
Lehman/That's correct, but I think that the percentage of people who bring cars probably
doesn't change that much.
Atkins/They have a fixed number that they have to pass.
Pfab/They what?
Atkins/They have a fixed amount they have to pass.
Lehman/All right.
Atkins/Yeah, OK.
Kanner/But just to finish on the landfill---
Atkins/Yep.
Kanner/...we had a--Becky Soglin, I think came before us--and I forgot what we resolved
with that.
Atkins/She asked us to look at Santa Cruz and the various bin sizes, which are there.
Kanner/(Can't hear) gave us a memo on that.
Atkins/Yeah, and Santa Cruz is very, very expensive curbside service. I don't think you
could justify it, even though we are going to buy some smaller bins as a courtesy
to folks who just simply don't use the larger ones. Particularly some single-person
households.
Pfab/Do we get--it's my understanding that some people don't use them. Is there an
advantage to just the one size?
Atkins/Oh, there's always an advantage because we get inventory though and we have,
you know, pumhasing contracts with folks. It makes it a little easier.
Lehman/I think if we're going to discuss this, we'd better put it on an agenda.
Dilkes/Yeah, we're getting kind of--~
Lehman/The City Attorney is getting antsy, I can see that.
(Laughter)
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Lehman/We're going to have to keep on our---
Atkins/There's a practical side to it.
Lehman/All right.
Atkins/If you have questions about the report, which is in the packet here, please just
give us a call. Because sometimes I have to go back to the Director, what caused
this spike, what caused this drop, and usually we have a very easy explanation for
it.
Pfab/Now, we're on Council time?
Lehman/Yes, we are.
Pfab/We've got things that we're not allowed to ask or not ask?
Lehman/No, no, we--my understanding, we can discuss at Council time concerns each
individual Councilperson has. We cannot get into a discussion of the merits of
something one of us has an interest in unless it appears on the agenda.
Pfab/OK. Could we put this on a work session?
Lehman/About what?
Pfab/About the---
Kanner/The landfill or---
Pfab/Landfill. Let's just, the minor things that are there, so we could discuss them in a little more detail if we're not, we shouldn't be doing it.
Atkins/If you'd like an update on the landfill, we'll prepare something.
Lehman/Why don't, Steve, why don't you prepare an update addressing at least the
possibilities of some of the things we've discussed. We can look at that and
decide whether or not we want to make an agenda.
Atkins/OK. That's easy enough to do.
Lehman/OK.
Vanderhoef/I have a request just for information and it has to do with budget, but it
might take a little while to prepare. I would like to know where we are on our
storm water utility and the dollars that are coming in. I know we're still into the
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planned piece of it, but when I'm thinking about budget, I'm thinking about the
number of things that we pay out of the general fund through public works and
various places---
Atkins/You're correct about that.
Vanderhoef/...that affect storm water, so my request is going to be to look at whether we
need to increase the storm water or whether we can increase the storm water.
Atkins/I hear it.
Dilkes/I think we're in the process of putting a system in place to determine how we
equitably charge for that.
Vanderhoeff How soon?
Dilkes/We can't just take the amount of money we want and divide it by the number of
users. That has been my opinion. So we're in the process of--I know.
Vanderhoef/Well, originally, say four years ago or so, the national average for startup of
a storm water utility was about $7.50 per unit, just for startup costs. And I know
when we started, we were talking in the $2.00 range, and if there's a way that I
can justify paying for some of these things that we do automatically and have
done for a number of years out of storm water, then it would help my general
fund.
Pfab/Is that something they put together?
Lehman/Well, I think---
Vanderhoef/Information.
Dilkes/I think that's just a question of what we determine to be the cost that we want to
recover from the storm water utility.
Atkins/I know Rick is working on it. I'll see the summary memo from him, see what that
does for you. Then we can pick it up from there.
Lehman/All right.
Vanderhoef/Thank you.
Lehman/OK. Anything else from Council time?
APPOINTMENTS
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Lehman/OK, appointments.
SEATS PARATRANSIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1)
Lehman/OK, SEATS Paratransit Advisory Committee, we have one vacancy for a
Councilperson. Mike O'Donnell, your term expired.
Vanderhoef/Do you want to do it again?
O'Donnell/I have no problem doing that again?
Champion/Well, it might cut into your vacation time.
O'Donnell/No.
(Laughter)
Lehman/Now you have time, is there---
O'Donnell/Now I have more time. No, I have no problem.
Lehman/Is that, do we have concurrence? Mike, you're back. You never left.
AIRPORT ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (1); AIRPORT ZONING
COMMISSION (1); HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION (1);
LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES (3)
Lehman/Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment, there's nobody. Zoning Commission
nothing. Historic Preservation nothing. Library Board of Trustees.
O'Donnell/Linda Dellsperger.
Lehman/We have three vacancies. We have three people who have applied.
Kanner/They all look pretty good.
Lehman/Do we have consensus on the three that applied?
Vanderhoef/Fine.
O'Donnell/Yes.
Wilbum/Yes.
Lehman/Thank you very much. Can anybody pronounce Shaner's last name?
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Wilburn/(Can't hear) His kids would yell at me i£I said it that way but that's the---
Lehman/I'm not even sure that Shaner can pronounce it.
Wilbum/It's a Brazilian name.
Lehman/Yes.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (1)
Lehman/The Telecommunications Commission, I believe there's one appointment and I
believe there are two applicants.
Champion/I would like Brett Custillo.
Kanner/Yeah, especially because he's younger, we need that with---
Lehman/Wait a minute, age discrimination.
Champion/Well, a lot of people in our Commissions are not necessarily young.
Kanner/And he seems to know the computer lingo, which even though waiting for court
decisions on impact fees and such, it's a big thing with telecommunications, it's
going to be, and I think to have him there, I think is a good thing. He's shown
some interest. He's addressed Council.
Lehman/Do we have consensus?
O'Donnell/Yeah.
Lehman/We have consensus.
Pfab/Yes.
Lehman/Good. We don't often have that.
TAPE 03-48, SIDE TWO
Karmer/Dee's making a statement on---
Lehman/ All right.
(Laughter)
Kanner/(Can't hear)
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PROPOSED ALCOHOL COMMITTEE
Lehman/The proposed Alcohol Committee, Steven?
Kanner/Well, I was going to let Dee lead that, but I will throw out--there was a memo
that Dee had proposed. Basically, we had talked with the students and they were
going to propose a memo and they didn't quite get to that; ! guess things got a
little hectic for them. So this is something we talked about in terms of having
some oversight, a citizens' committee to get some measurable outcomes that we
prefer from our ordinances in the past. Whether you're for it or against it, we want
to see if it's having effects. That would be one of the major things that would be
part of a committee appointed by Council. It would be an ad hoc conunittee; it
wouldn't be a permanent committee. It would only be advisory. But those are
some of the major points that are part of it. And so we're throwing this out to
Council with some suggestions on who might make up this committee. We want
to get a variety of voices. We certainly need to have the student voice have a
significant voice.
Champion/You know, when I first brought up the idea of a committee at the meeting that
Mike and Dee and I were at with the bar owners, I thought it was very important
that there be some kind of committee if we were going to accept their offer. I
didn't anticipate it being a Council committee. I anticipated it being a bar owner
committee, but we would recommend who we wanted on it because I hate to tie it
to the Council. I think a Council member ought to be on it. I think, I mean, I think
the people they've listed here are good, and I think we can recommend who's on
it but it is their proposal, and then, if it's a Council committee, then we need to
have a minute taker there, it needs to be all that posting of meetings and stuff. So
what are we really interested in? We're interested in an oversight committee that
can come back to the Council or a Council Member on it coming back to the
Council, kind of like the Jail Task Force thing, but not an official Council
committee where we tie up staff time, we have to have--follow the open meetings
laws, we have to post the meetings. I think that's going to be hard to do. It'd be
easier for those bar owners to call the Student Senate or the representatives that
are going to be on this conunittee and say we're going to meet every Tuesday at
3:00 o'clock.
Lehman/They'll be there anyway.
Champion/Right.
Pfab/I think that this is--I would take a different stand than you do on this, Connie. I
think that the bar owners came to us and said we want to clean our act up, and I
think this is something that the public has a right to know and I think it should be
out in the open.
Champion/Oh, I think it will be out in the open.
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Pfab/Well, so, it's public meeting in law, so I think it's very definitely should be a City
Council appointment.
Lehman/Well, let me. I visited with Nate briefly about this and he was going to stop
back and talk to me and at least from our preliminary discussion, Nate pretty
much is of the same opinion as Connie, that this is--I personally feel that the
committee is going to have a lot more credibility, particularly if they come up
with a recommendation that's not particularly palatable to the bar owners or to
student body, if it is not a committee that is set up by Council and someone comes
back and says well, hell, the Council set it up, what do you expect? And Nate
indicated an interest in this being something that the students would set up and
certainly would have representation similar to those that are indicated here. But
that it would meet--I'm sure on the same sort of basis. But I think that it would an
independent committee, independent of Council, I think has more credibility than
one that we set up.
Pfab/I would disagree with you on this.
Lehman/You just did.
Pfab/I mean in the sense that this is a public problem and I think the public has a right to
know how it's being solved.
Lehman/I'm sure they will.
Pfab/And I--and they came to us with this offer and suggested give us a chance. OK,
fine, but I think they ought to be able to be monitored as they go along.
Lehman/I think we're talking about doing that.
Pfab/So then, what, why the opposition?
Lehman/Oh, no, no, no--I think Connie gave part of is. But I also think we would have
some representative from Council serving on that Committee, so Council would
be aware at all times about what's going on.
Pfab/So, we think we'd expect a report every Council meeting?
Lehman/Could have. We'd have the minutes and the meetings, the same as we get from
any other Board and Commission if we want them.
Champion/No, there wouldn't be, there might not be minutes.
Pfab/See, this is, I think, it was one of those few times when the people that were, where
the problem was causing them the most difficulties there, and they came to the
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public and said, let's work this out. So I think that the public has a right and
would be expected to be aware of what's going on.
Champion/There would be public people.
Lehman/All right.
Pfab/Well, I mean, I think that this is, we're definitely making a U-turn here if we do not
have a Council-appointed meeting.
Lehman/I would really like this to wait until at least the next meeting and get some input
from--this Committee if it's going to be an effective committee, if it's going to
have any credibility whatsoever, is going to have to have input from students.
They're going to have to feel that this is not something that's mn by the City
Council---
Pfab/All right.
Lehman/...not something that's run by the City staff, but something that they have a
genuine hold on, and I think the same is true of the bar owners. I think that the
ability of those people to function outside the realm of Council looking over their
shoulder is a very important issue for them. And it's an important issue from my
perspective as well. So I would prefer that we wait, get a chance to talk to Nate,
get his thoughts, and discuss this again at the next meeting.
Pfab/That's fine with me, but at the same time, no, I don't want it to be a Council
meeting---
Lehman/That's what this is, a Council Committee.
Champion/That's what you're asking.
Pfab/Well---
Lehman/ Well, let's---
Pfab/I'm for your proposal.
Lehman/Let's just, I will try to get---
O'Donnell/Do you agree with Ernie?
Pfab/Yes.
Lehman/No.
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O'Donnell/Then that's four of us.
Lehman/All right. I will try to have gotten ahold of Nate, or you may as well. You guys
can talk, too. But at least from the conversation that I had, we shared some of the
same concems, that it needs to be a student committee.
Champion/Well---
Lehman/ That includes all of these folks.
Champion/OK, and---
O'Donnell/Well, it should be their ideas, not our ideas.
Lehman/Well, it needs to be all of our ideas.
O'Donnell/Well, no, Emie, the solution came from the bar owners through Connie. They
contacted Connie, and I think they were very workable with her. At least, we're
going to give them a chance, and I think this is just an extension of it.
Lehman/All right. Well, it's going to be on the hopefully the next work session.
Pfab/One piece of information here. Other cities have done this and apparently it has
worked. Can we get some input or some feedback on what has worked for other
cities?
Lehman/Oh, I'm sure. I'm sure---
Pfab/I mean, based on this, this idea came out of what other cities were doing. Can we
get some input as what they did and what works and didn't work? No, I'm--who's
on it or how it works--I don't, I don't have a big concem about, but I think it's a
chance for a public problem to get some public input---
Champion/We agree.
Pfab/...and hopefully get it solved.
Lehman/Steven?
Kanner/The reply to your and Connie and other concerns here, yeah, I'm for it, we'll
discuss it at the next meeting; but, Connie, I think even if we have this committee
that we appoint, I think that students, bar owners are going to do their thing to a
certain extent, and I think it's valid what you're saying to a certain extent, that
they're going to proceed in a certain direction. But we have certain things that we
were talking about whether or not we should maybe make amendments. For
instance, whether or not we want to have some sort of uniform way of
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determining who's of a certain age, when they go in, the wristband proposal or
not. And also, we ourselves want to perhaps put an amendment to see how is it
going to measure the outcome. So those are things that I think we want to look at.
Champion/I agree. Those are things the Council needs to discuss. I agree. But I think
overseeing this and checking on it, I don't think needs to be a Council Committee.
I also think we have to be careful. We don't want to really write ordinances that
everybody has to have. I mean, we can't just say we want something. It has to be
an ordinance. We don't want an ordinance that says everybody under 21 has to
have a red band, everybody over 21 has to wear a green band. Because that would
affect every bar in town. You can't start nitpicking the few downtown bars that
are---
Kanner/But that~--
Dilkes/Well, I think it's also counterproductive because it increases the possibility that
they will be easily produced, if the identification is the same.
Kanner/We're not talking in specifics right now. The point is that that was, when we
talked with Nate and came up with this idea, we didn't come up with this in a
vacuum.
Champion/Well, the bar owners came up with that originally.
Kanner/No, no. No, I'm talking about our meeting with the student government leaders
about this committee and this Commission, was that they would discuss these
things and we would certainly run it through legal and they would have the
resources of legal, and they would nominate people from their groups to be part of
it.
Champion/Well, you know, I guess I have a little bit of problems with the whole process
because it seems to me if you were going to get together and decide if this
committee should be formed, you should have invited the bar owners. This was
their original proposal and it seems to me that they need to be much more
involved in this committee than they are at this point. I mean, you've already
made a list of who you think should be on it, and you've left--the bar owners
weren't even there.
Kanner/No, this is for discussion. That's why it's a good idea that we're going to talk
about it at the next meeting to bring up. But also, I would argue that I heard about
it the first, when the students, the student proposal, they brought it. I never heard a
bar owner proposal. So I look at it as the student proposal. That's where it came
from.
Lehman/In any event---
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Dilkes/Can I make just one suggestion?
Lehman/Yes.
Dilkes/The committee that you're kind of talking about has two very different functions,
and maybe they're not appropriate for the same group. One is to, you know, the
stuff the bar owners came to you--they're going to do this and that and they're
suggesting ways for making things better. The other is how you all are going to
evaluate the 19 ordinance you just put into place.
Champion/Right.
Dilkes/And that is much more a function of, I think, a discussion perhaps between you
and the police department, for instance. Now, what kind of checks they do, what
kind of criteria you're going to put in place to evaluate that; that's a very different
thing, a very different discussion.
Lehman/I would think the evaluation is one that---
Champion/It's ours.
Lehman/...well, it's something that we have got to set up with you and the police
department to set up the criteria.
Dilkes/I think so.
Lehman/Yeah, I do too. Well, listen, I will get a hold of Nate in the next day or two and
try, if possible, I'll try to have him at the work session and we can discuss that
with him as well. All right?
Vanderhoef/Before we get off of this, I think this has been real healthy discussion, and I
think that Eleanor is right that we've got two different things happening here. I
would like to get some information from the Police Chief and get going on it
because I would like to have some sort of standards put in place relatively soon so
that when the ordinance goes into effect, we're not telling them after the fact how
we're going to, how to grade this. So, let's have a work session as soon on---
Dilkes/Dee, do you want, I mean, the PD and my office can talk about what, and make
some proposals about what criteria you would use to evaluate.
Vanderhoef/(Can't hear) and then let's have a work session on some standards.
Lehman/But, my suspicion is that the measurement of that ordinance is going to be best
left to the, I mean, the measurement is going to be best evaluated by the police
department and the City Attorney's office.
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Dilkes/Well, I think it's, it would be helpful to identify, you know, are we going to do it
based on the number of possession of alcohol under legal age arrests or are we
going to do it on the sales, I mean--we need to talk, and have everyone on the
same page when we start.
Lehman/Well, we can, to start with we could get some sort of a memo from you and
R.J., and then we've got something to talk about. All right.
Champion/And then, Ernie, if you're going to invite Nate, I think you also need to invite
one of the bar owners that originally was on that.
Lehman/Mm-hmm.
Kanner/Don, why don't you invite Don?
Lehman/OK.
Pfab/But, while you're putting this together, isn't this kind of a (can't hear) you're
trying---
Champion/ No, two different committees.
Lehman/No, this is not going to be, evaluation's not going to be by the committee. Guys,
we're out of here.
O'Donnell/Hallelujah.
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