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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-08-05 TranscriptionIowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:00:21] Well, hello. I'm going to welcome everyone to your city hall. Today is August 5th, 2025. It is 6:00 PM. And I'm going to call the City of Iowa City meeting to order. [NOISE] Roll call, please. [00:00:35] Alter? [00:00:35] Here. [00:00:36] Bergus? [00:00:36] Here. [00:00:37] Harmsen? [00:00:37] Here. [00:00:38] M oe? [00:00:38] Here. [00:00:39] Salih? [00:00:39] Here. [00:00:40] Teague? [00:00:40] Here. [00:00:41] Weilein? Page 1 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:00:41] Here. [00:00:42] All right. Well, we have a large room today, so we want to welcome you once again to your city Hall and to those that are joining us virtually. Welcome, as well. We're going to move on to item number 2, which are proclamations, and the 2A is the National Farmers Market Week Proclamation. And this will be read by our Mayor Pro Tern Mazahir Salih. [00:01:08] Whereas farmers' markets serve as essential hubs for fresh, locally grown product and far made goods, providing a vitals links between our farmers and the communities they notion. And whereas Iowa City Bark and recreation department has operated the Iowa City Farmers' market for 53 years, growing into the largest recurrent weekly event in Iowa City. [NOISE] And whereas these markets foster direct relationships between consumer and grower, offering transparency in food securing and supporting local economy. And whereas farmers' markets create urban public space, contribute to the community house, and celebrate the rich agricultural heritage of our nation. And whereas these markets play a critical role in expanding access to nutrias food, promoting sustainable farming practice, and empowering local farmers to survive. And whereas national farmers' market, we provide an opportunity to recognize the important contribution of Farmers' market to the health-, uh, to the health, economy, and well being of our communities. And whereas this recognition encourages all residents to explore and support their local farmers market, thereby strengthen the bond of the community and fostering a deeper appreciation for the boundary of our land. Now therefore, I'm Mazahir Salih on behalf of Bruce Teague Mayor of Iowa City Harbor Proclaim the week of August 3- August 3-9, 2025 as a national market week in Iowa City, and I encourage all residents to join in this observance by visiting their local farmers market, celebrating our agriculture heritage, and supporting the farmers and vendors who bring fresh local product to our table. And her to accept is Bill Rain recreation program, supervisor. [APPLAUSE] [00:03:44] Good afternoon. My name is Bill Lane. I'm a recreation program supervisor for communications and special events for Iowa City Parks and Recreation. I'll try to keep this pretty short. I know we have a busy day. Thank you for this honor and recognizing the vital role that farmers' markets play in our communities. Iowa City Farmers Market, an event hosted by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department is especially meaningful. It's more than a place to buy produce, food, art, and other wares. It's a gathering place where relationships grow and community is strengthened while enjoying local musicians and all the variety that Iowa City has to offer. We proudly accept this proclamation on behalf of our vendors, customers, and everyone who makes the market a vibrant part of our city. Thank you. [00:04:24] Thank you. [APPLAUSE] Page 2 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:04:31] 1 would also just like to add here that Councilor Alter and I will be at the farmers' market this Saturday. So come to the farmers' market, and we're going to be having a listening post. So bring your concerns to us and please go to the Farmers' market. [00:04:45] Yes, yes. [00:04:47] All right, on to item number 213, which is National Hispanic Heritage Month. Whereas each year, the United States observes National Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the culture heritage, and countless contributions of those whose ancestors were indigenous to Central America, South America, Spain, the Caribbean, and parts of North America. And whereas what was originally observed in 1968, as Hispanic Heritage week under President Johnson was expanded by President Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30 day period starting on September 15th and ending on October 15th, and whereas September 15th was chosen because it coincides with Independence Day, celebrations of five Central American neighbors, as President Lyndon Johnson called them Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, those five nations declared their independence from Spain on September 15th, 1821. And whereas Mexico [NOISE] and Chile celebrate their independence also from Spain on September 16th and September 18th, respectively. And whereas the Hispanic population represent a wide range of nationalities and backgrounds, all of whom make a positive contribution to education, nonprofit, government, and business sectors which reflect the remarkable diversity of the American people. [NOISE] And whereas we continue to acknowledge the Hispanic community members who have stayed in the struggle to ensure that everyone in this nation can contribute to their talent and have the opportunity to thrive. And whereas the Iowa City 2025 Latino fest will take place on Saturday, August 16th, the Pit Mall in downtown Iowa City for approximately 12:00 PM-9:30 PM. And all are encouraged to attend. Now, therefore, Bruce Teague Mayor of Iowa City New Hire proclaimed September 15th through October 15th, 2025, has National Hispanic Heritage Month and encourage all to celebrate our unique and vibrant history and recommit ourselves to a shared future of a healthy, peaceful, safe, and welcoming Iowa City. And to receive this proclamation is Manny, who is the founder and director of the Latino Festival. [APPLAUSE] [00:07:29] Okay. [NOISE] On behalf of the Iowa City Latino Fest, organizing team, community members, and our generous sponsors, I offer our deepest gratitude for this city proclamation, honoring not only the Iowa Latino fest, but the Latino-, the Latinx community as a whole. From his roots as a brilliant celebration showcasing Latino traditions to becoming an embracing space for divers voices, the festival reflects the very spirit of our community. In recognizing the fest with an official proclamation, the city underscores a powerful message. We are stronger when our society values inclusion, diversity and multilingual cultural exchange. Or event is not just about music, dance, food. It is about creating a place where everyone feels welcome, regardless of background or language. This acknowledgment by the city helps reinforce the message to thousands of attendees, diversity is not only to celebrate, it is essential. Thank you for Page 3 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. supporting a vision of the Iowa city as a place where multicultural multilingual communities flourish and where our strengths lies and unity rather than uniformity. Thank you so much on behalf of the Latino and the Latinx community. And I hope to see everybody to see all the celebration because we are part of this community because all the people, just not in front of me, but all the people like whose behind me. Thank you. [APPLAUSE] [00:09:13] Thank you. And it is a wonderful celebration, so I encourage everyone to attend. All right, we're going to move on to our consent agenda, which is items 3 through 8. Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda, please? [00:09:26] So moved. Alter. [00:09:27] Second, Moe. All right. Anyone from the public like to address the consent agenda? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. Seeing no one. Are you addressing something on the consent agenda? [00:09:49] Public comment. [00:09:51] We'll be back to public comment in one second, yes. All right. Seeing no one in person or online? [00:09:58] Mayor, there are people online with their hands raised. I need to fix- I need to fix that. [00:10:02] All right, great. Will you just name. [00:10:09] Allow them to speak? [00:10:10] Anthony Houghton. [00:10:14] [BACKGROUND] Welcome, Anthony, and this is going to be for the consent agenda. [00:10:19] Hi, I just wanted to drop a note and say that there isn't any audio on the Zoom. If you guys go meet the speaker, that'd be great. [LAUGHTER] Page 4 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:10:27] Okay. [LAUGHTER] [00:10:29] Check into that. Thank you. [00:10:36] Great. So we're going to take up. Can we go on? Did you? [00:10:44] Well, I'm sure Lily's checking on it, but I wanted to fix this. [00:10:48] O kay. [00:10:52] Thanks. We're going to take a moment to make sure that we have audio. [LAUGHTER] All right. [00:11:03] We should be good. [00:11:04] All right. So that was the only hand raised on the Zoom, so seeing no one in person or online. Council, discussion? Roll call, please. [00:11:19] Bergus? [00:11:20] Yes. [00:11:20] Harmsen? [00:11:21] Yes. [00:11:21] Moe? [00:11:22] Page 5 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Yes. [00:11:22] Salih? [00:11:23] Yes. [00:11:23] Teague? [00:11:24] Yes. [00:11:24] Weilein? [00:11:25] Yes. [00:11:26] Alter? [00:11:26] Yes. [00:11:27] Motion passes seven to zero. We are on to item number 9, which is community comment. The public comment is intended so that members of the public may be heard by council. Because community comment is for items not properly noticed on the agenda, Council cannot engage in discussion or debate due to open meeting laws. Only in -person comments will be allowed for community comment, public comment for specific agenda items, which must be directly related to that agenda item maybe made in person or remotely. And so if it's on the agenda, you will be able to chime in and give public comment if you're online, but not for community comment on items that are not on our agenda. I want to see the hands of all of those that will like to give comments during this comment period. I see one here, I saw one other. [BACKGROUND] Okay. Yes. All right, so we'll be able to allow three minutes, and we welcome you at this time. There are sign in sheets at the back, uh, that we're going to really encourage people to fill out if you want to give comment today. There's also a sign in here. We're going to allow you three minutes. Welcome. [00:12:48] Page 6 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Hi. [NOISE] My name's Brian Norris. I actually was trying to get in on the correspondence agenda for the Beach Street. That's my property right there. I was hoping that you guys could table it until you had neighborhood input. Um, but I'm also here, um, on another agenda item. I emailed you guys. I'm looking to build a patio at Colak-Antina. Um, I just wanted to have public record stating that I would like some correspondence. On your end, I know you guys can't comment here, but I just wanted to show up, put a name to the face, and let you guys know. Um, look forward to your response. Won't take too much time out of people here, but thank you for your time. [00:13:29] Thank you. Anyone else want to speak during this time? [00:13:35] Yeah. [00:13:40] Welcome. And for the record, what city are you from? [00:13:45] City? [00:13:45] The past speaker, Iowa City. Great. [00:13:48] 1 have one request before I start. [00:13:50] I'm going to ask you to give- say your name in the city you're from. [00:13:55] My name is Raymond Nepple. I'm from Iowa City. [00:13:57] Okay. [00:13:57] 1 have one request before I start. I'm a Navy Vietnam veteran. I request that you not turn the clock or ticket down. It makes stressed and anxious for me when I'm trying to give a presentation. Apparently serve too many combat missions in Vietnam, so I apologize for that. [00:14:13] Okay. Page 7 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:14:14] Good evening. [00:14:15] Good evening. [00:14:15] My name is Ray Nepple former to Town Mayor of Templeton Iowa. Marlene and I reside at 2438 Walden Court. I'm here this evening because our 30 foot long sidewalk has settled over 2.5 " and is nose diving to the foundation. This street is shrinking and needs a French drain. I, as well as Pauline Taylor, a two term city Council here, address this issue at the January public comment section. I also returned in March. Marlene and I celebrated 55 years of marriage last week. She announced I will no longer leave this condo and walk that sidewalk without you holding my hand. I'm very afraid of falling at 79 years of age. I share that thought. The CDC says one in four seniors aged 65 or older. Experience falls each year, requiring nursing home care with drain our assets. Then comes Medicare, and you, the taxpayers, get to pick up the bill. Why? Because the city government has failed to utilize the Iowa Judicial Nuisancee Code Chapter 657. It is available by the state of Iowa to all 99 counties. Attorneys say the small claims court is a waste of time when you only own three percent of the property. The HRA residents are 79 to 85-years- old with cognitive issues. Cancer, they're lucky if they get their pillbox filled every week, and yet we're asking them to come in and speak out. They're afraid. They will not talk to the condo directors in retaliation. [00:15:41] As a victim of Vietnam, I request that all 26 condo owners be notified of the violation of the Iowa Code 657 Nuisance Code. A friend of mine emailed me a 2025 code of the nuisance code, and it reads as following. Whatever is injurious to health indecent or unreasonable offenses to the senses or an obstruction to the free use of the property, so as essentially to interfere unreasonably with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property is a nuisance and civil action may be taken. I received an email from the city manager dated May 28 with Reads. Unfortunately, we are at a point of disconnect where you are seeking the city to act in a manner that we do not feel is consistent with our code and standard practice across the entire community. We cannot do anymore, and I understand it is frustrating for Eddie's residents to hear. The resolution you are seeking are appropriate for the HOA to consider. As a former mayor in two terms, we actually utilize the new sense code. It's been available for years, and I don't know why Iowa City is refusing to step up to the plate and take the action. Nearly all cities must manage new sense properties in their communities at some point. Such properties are unappealing and can cause surrounding property values to decline, create a bad image to the community. I'm not requesting that you have to come and fix it. All I'm requesting get up off of your bunts, get off at the desk, fill out the new sense coal and send it to all 26 owners so they are aware that they have to fix it. Cognitive issues are prevalent in the 26 condos. And this radius ceiling. You as a public utility, have water, you have gas, you have electric. We have on, and what do you do? You stand there and do nothing. The shut off for my meter is located in the next duplex and it's got 25 feet of cracks and Page 8 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. you would think the city would want to at least take care that that man doesn't break. Rupturing a line, it's ridiculous. I shouldn't have to be here three years, and anytime you come and speak three minutes, I think you owe it to the public and to the person that comes here to do a follow up. I was here the first time and I spoke and I got 45 days passed before I came the second time. It's time for you people to do your job. You are elected by the people and if you do not have the proper people forced to enforce those issues, reach out and get your Swifarduster, and hire some new people. This is ridiculous. Most people won't even come here because they're afraid they don't get any consensus. They don't get any judgment. They get nobody giving you any satisfaction other than, oh, we're going to pass the buck. That's ridiculous. We sit behind the desk for 17 years, and you cannot enforce a code of nuisance that's been in existence for over 50 years. Ridiculous. Thank you for your time. And I want to show you a picture. This is what it looks like when somebody tries to walk down our sidewalk. You wonder why my wife is afraid? This, how would you like to come home and have your wife meet you at the door and say, hey, guess what happened to me today. Guess the news I've got. Husband worries his eyebrows, and she'll say, grab my hand and I'll walk you out. This is a 30 foot hunk of gutter cistin that was applied to two condos, which were worth a quarter million dollars. I wonder how much that hurts the resale value. When this is done to a condo owner, we come to Iowa City wanting to chase our grandkids. We can't even go out and play in the grass with the grandkids because we've got French drain that is needed wasn't put in eight, nine years ago. You read the code book for the Condo Association. There's 90 pages and there's one word in there that says street and the 99 pages that says the Condo Association owns it. [00:19:32] Mayor Tek that's three minutes. [00:19:34] They also say, you got to go out and get 10 or 13 votes. [00:19:37] Thank you. [00:19:38] In order to have another meeting and they won't even answer the door. Thank you. [00:19:42] Thank you. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [00:19:57] My name is Mary Gravitt, and I'm from Iowa City. And I brought up some I, you know, I talk to anybody in the community, and they always bring me their problems. So they have three problems that I want to discuss. The traffic problem. Trees that are planted near stop sign cause blind spots when the full leaf trees with, you know, the full leaf trees to drivers of cars and minivans. They're the drivers are forced to pull almost into the intersection to see crossing traffic. In the winter, this is no problem because the trees are bare and pruning would help with this. And the next thing is citizens mental health. Residents Page 9 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. say phrases like, what is wrong with us? Or this is not the American I grew up in. The answer lies in Laurence Reese the Daxis a warning from history, available on book form, DVD or on YouTube and in the Iowa City Public Library. Reese received the Peabody Award in 1997 for the DVD. It will help answer several pertinent questions troubling residents of Iowa City and what has- what has happened to America. The book is like I say, it's available, and it has the information. Another question that's troubling the minds of Americans especially Iowa City. And since I'm only dealing in Iowa City, it's where did Jeffrey Epstein get his money? The answer is simple, money laundering. Epstein and his partner of 15 years made millions by flipping mansions for Russian oligarchs until the deal went bad, and the partnership dissolved. And today, they're getting what do they say well, Bill Clinton and his wife, they have to go to court and all the other people told to be involved in it. Epstein went to be murdered while under US custody and Epstein's partner went into politics as a hoteler and a bitcoin merchandise. He's selling and selling out. And it is all so simple and word free. And the last thing are the bus shelters. Finally, what happened to the $100,000 that was set aside for bus shelters by the city of Iowa City? And we have a disabled population of heapily disabled and old people like me who need the bus shelters. We have bad weather and you can't stand under a tree in Iowa City and think that you're gonna be safe. Now, as to these bus shelters promise, I have some witnesses here right in the court that was working for the city at the same time. So where is that money? [00:22:59] Thank you. [00:23:00] Thank you. [00:23:07] Yep. Anyone else want to speak during public comment? Seeing no one else, I'm gonna close public comment or community comment. All right. We're gonna move on to planning and zoning items 10 A as rezoning Lot 66 Monument Hills. Ordinance rezoning approximately 7.76 acres of land located on Lot 66, Monument Hills Final Platt from low density single family residential zone with a planned development overlay to low density multifamily residential zone with a planned development overlay. And I'm gonna open the public hearing, and welcome. [00:23:53] Thank you, Mayor, Daniel Sim, Neighborhood Development Services. As you introduced this item, this is a rezoning. The applicant, in this case is Monument Hills, LLC, and they've requested this rezoning for the 7.76 acres that is Lot 66. Lot 66 is highlighted here in the white dash. It's located on the northwest corner of two arterial streets that intersect Rochester and Scott- Scott Boulevard. Lot was created as part of a larger subdivision called Monument Hills in 2023. It's bounded by Scott Rochester as well as some local streets to the west and an area to the north of it, which is in a conservation area out Lot C. This shows the rezoning as it is today. It was part of a larger subdivision and was rezoned as part of that subdivision to that OPD RS-5 designation. That designation was because there were sensitive areas in some of the lands not on this particular lot. This is the OPD plan that accompanied that rezoning. The Page 10 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. area that's Lot 66 is shown on the bottom right, the multi colored layout of the buildings. It was to be sold for senior housing development and was to have 12 single family homes, three duplexes, and a two story 29 unit multifamily building as well as a private clubhouse for residents. Um, that development concept was incorporated into that original zoning, and here's a close up of that. Uh, the rezoning being requested tonight is to accommodate a change in the buyer. It's now Nelson Construction and Development for their proposed senior housing development on the site. As I said, it would still be for construction of independent senior living community, but in this case, it would consist of three duplexes and a single 100 unit multifamily style independent senior living apartments for a total of 106 units on the subject property. The courtyard of that multifamily building would include amenities for those residents. I believe they've shown some sports courts and a pool. So this as I said, was rezoned once and actually went through the platting process. So we're back to a rezoning step. Um, the plats would still remain in effect, still established lot. All the conservation easements that were obtained to protect the sensitive areas are already in place. And the initial rezoning had some conditions, but all of those conditions were fulfilled as part of that site as part of that platting process. So as I said, this is a request just to zone one lot. Because it's an OPD request, we do go through the additional criteria as well as the basic criteria of consistency with the comprehensive plan and the compatibility with the existing neighborhood. It is continuing to be consistent with the comprehensive plan. Um, the comprehensive plan calls for clustering of development on this larger, uh, subdivision because of the sensitive areas through a conservation easement obtaining the original 65 acres of that approximately half will never be developed because it was preserved and protected through that process. Therefore, this lot continues to be consistent with the comprehensive plan. Also subject to a neighborhood district plan. The proposed development generally aligns with the concept and policy vision of that district plan. Um, as I said, um, it was part of a larger development, and subdivision wide. There is a predominantly single family character to this subdivision, with a concentration of more of that housing closer to those arterial streets of Scott and Rochester. Again, this is compatibility with that existing neighborhood showing the entire 65 acres of where Lot 66 is also apart. So again, it concentrated that single family development to the west and north of itself and really kept the multifamily closer to the streets. In reviewing the criteria for the OPD rezoning, it does continue to meet the density requirements for the base zone that's being proposed which is RM 12. Um, and the proposed plan continues that existing pattern of mostly single family development and concentrating, um, multifamily development away from that and transitioning through the use of the duplex housing. Uh, in the original proposal, the original rezoning, there were three waivers requested as part of that OPD. They were for lot width and the situation of some of the duplexes on corner lots. That's not really an issue anymore because we've changed our duplex requirements and also for reduction in setbacks because of the right of way that we need- needed to acquire near Scott and Rochester. Under this proposal, this rezoning, there's only two waivers. At this point, it's just five feet of additional building height being requested and that right of way setback that would continue to be requested. They did include some drawings of what the duplexes could look like as well as the multifamily. Um, we also reviewed the, um, burden on street and utilities. We did request Staff requested an update to the traffic study that was originally submitted to reflect the change in the number of dwelling units on the site. There continues to be no concern from staff about that traffic load. The street network is adequate to sorry. The street network is adequate to accommodate the additional development. The design also minimizes impacts on nearby residents and would be compatible with Page 11 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. what would be expected with normal development. It would be because it's a multifamily building subject to our multifamily site development standards which don't get reviewed at the time of the zoning OPD plan, but they would certainly be part of the site plan. When a site plan is filed, all those standards would be reviewed. Those standards include things like the particulars of the building entrances and design, requirements for which way doors face and how they're easily accessible, things like that. And then the OPD plan does include a mix of duplexes and multifamily. It does expand housing choices. And so it would be in the public interest for this rezoning to proceed. Again, this shows that in blue the rezoning of just lot 66 as part of tonight's action, the applicant did hold a good neighbor meeting in June of this year and based on a review of those relevant criteria and specific criteria, staff recommended with no conditions this time because all of them have been fulfilled that the rezoning be approved. And at its June's 18th, 2025 meeting, the P&Z concurred with that opinion and also recommended approval. Happy to answer questions. [00:30:17] Can you say a little bit about, um, excuse me, um, the residents who attended the Good Neighborhood meeting, were there any there conversation slash takeaways? [00:30:28] 1 did not attend that meeting, but there is a summary of that in your packet where they summarize the issues. My understanding is there was some significant discussion about traffic at that meeting. But the developer could also address that if you like. [00:30:40] Thank you for the reminder. [00:30:44] This particular re- replotting rezoning is not actually impacting the sensitive areas. The sensitive areas were in the original plat, right? [00:30:52] Correct. They were already secured in the conservation easement, so they're mostly to the north of the site, so that's already been fulfilled. [00:30:58] And does that include Harvest preserve or adjacent to it? [00:31:00] Harvest Preserve is its own I don't want to say development. It's its own reserve. It's not part of the original plat at all. It was land transferred from some of that ownership, but it was not part of Monument Hills. [00:31:10] Page 12 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Okay. Thank you. [00:31:15] Hearing nothing else. Thank you. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand, and I'll acknowledge you. If you're in -person, please step up. Hello. [00:31:29] Hi, there. Mike Welch, with a Shoemaker in Holland, representing Nelson Construction and Monument Hills. [00:31:35] This is a part of the development team, so we're not going to start the clock on you? Welcome. [00:31:39] Okay, thank you. [00:31:40] 1 wasn't aware you wanted to speak, but I should have offered it to you. [00:31:43] Oh, that's okay. Just wanted to make sure if anyone had any questions that you knew we were here to answer them and, um, but otherwise, I don't really have anything else to add other than what Danielle told you already. [00:31:53] Just a real quick question, um, if this- if we approve this, ah, Danielle, if I missed this in your presentation, I'm sorry, but do you have a rough timeline for- for when you think things would- because I know that property had kind of started and then stopped and start again. Just -just out of curiosity, what do you see as the timeline? [00:32:10] Yeah, so our next step, if you approve would be to work with staff on site plan approval. I think just given the time of year we're at, we would probably work on that through the winter with a spring start. [00:32:19] Okay. Thank you. [00:32:20] Ye p. [00:32:22] Thank you. Page 13 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:32:23] Thank you. [00:32:24] Anyone like to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. If you're in the room, please step forward. Seeing no one in -person or online. Council, are you all inclined to vote with P&Z recommendation? [00:32:41] Yes. [00:32:43] I'm going to close the public hearing. Could I get a motion to give first consideration, please? [00:32:47] So moved, Moe. [00:32:48] Second, Salih. [00:32:50] Council discussion. [00:32:54] Um, honestly, I'm glad that it's taken back up. It was, um, you know, well underway, and then it just stopped and, um, to have more choices for the, um, senior citizens in our area is a good thing. Yeah. It's a good location for that, too. [00:33:09] Roll call, please. [00:33:10] Harmsen? [00:33:11] Yes. [00:33:11] M oe? [00:33:12] Page 14 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Yes. [00:33:12] Salih? [00:33:13] Yes. [00:33:13] Teague? [00:33:14] Yes. [00:33:14] Weilein? [00:33:15] Yes. [00:33:15] Alter? [00:33:16] Yes. [00:33:16] Bergus. [00:33:17] Yes. [00:33:17] Ocean passes 7-0 item 10 B, rezoning North Governor Street. Ordinance conditionally rezone in approximately 5.49 acres of property located between North Governor and North Dodge Streets from medium density, single family residential zone, high density, single family residential zone, medium density, multifamily resi- residential zone. Multifamily residential zone to high density single family residential zone with a planned development overlay for approximately 0.17 acres and to medium density multifamily residential zone with a planned development overlay for approximately 5.32 acres. This is, um, a motion to pass and adopt. Could I get a motion, please? [00:34:02] Page 15 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Motion moved, Moe. [00:34:03] Second, Bergus. [00:34:05] Moved by Moe. Second by Bergus. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're present, please, uh, raise your virtual hand. I see two present and then if you're online, please raise your virtual hand online virtual. Then if you're in -person, please come forward. Welcome. [00:34:28] Thank you. I'm Audrey Barrick from Iowa City. Um, first, a thank you to Mayor Teague and members of the city Council for your service and dedicated work. You have difficult jobs. Uh, I'd like to bring to your attention a critical factual inaccuracy contained in Eric Goer's memo dated March 27, 2025, the memo states, the OPD also ensures that the western portion of the subject property along North Dodge Street retains the transition from existing single family homes to the south to the existing apartment buildings. This assertion is objectively incorrect. The fact remains that 900 North Dodge Street, currently zoned as single family is up zoned to multifamily RM 20 in the current proposal. The proposal the rezoning would eliminate this transition that now exists. The memo's statement misleads and provides Council members with inaccurate information on a matter of substantial public importance. While it is claimed there's no immediate plan to demolish 900 North Dodge Street, the rezoning does leave this wide open as a future possibility. Twenty seven adjacent homeowners have signed protest petitions specifically opposing the inclusion of 900 North Dodge Street in the OPD. Elimination of the transitional zoning would be contrary to overwhelming public opposition and sets a troubling precedent. The inaccuracy has been brought to your attention previously in both letters and public comments. It is troubling that the information has received no response from councilors nor retraction by the city attorney. It matters very much that you know that you are fully aware and without doubt that voting yes today is a vote to eliminate the transitional zoning for the express purpose of increasing and then transferring unused density to achieve 84 units a block away in order to line the pockets of a developer who has no commitment to actually developing the land. A yes vote will serve to increase the purchase price only. It would be easy enough to take 900 North Dodge Street out of the OPD and preserve the transitional zoning, as with its twin on the northwest corner of the OPD, which remains as IRS 12. This would decrease the allowable units by just a few, perhaps take them- take it down to about 78 units. Uh, what values are expressed by this non tran- transparent removal of the transition is transitional zoning? Not adherence to the comprehensive plan no respect for resounding voices of the neighborhood. I urge you to not proceed with the vote tonight until this is resolved. Thank you. [00:37:38] Thank you. [00:37:39] Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from? Page 16 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:37:46] Uh, well, first I'll sign it. [00:37:48] Yes please do. [00:37:49] Then I'll tell you. [00:37:49] Yes, yes. Welcome. [00:38:01] Okay, Sharon DeGraw, Iowa City. I'm, you know, this is about 911 North Governor Street rezoning. Dear Iowa City City Council members, thank you to the Council members for the job you do as representatives of the people of Iowa City and as leaders of city government. The final vote for the rezoning of 911 North Governor Street will mean a lot to the owners of properties who signed protest petitions against the rezoning. The outcome of the court order of Tracy Barkalow's 2018 ruling does not say that Iowa City Council must vote in favor of rezoning the 5.49 acres to RM 20. It only says that he be allowed to develop the R313 parcels. No owner occupied resident in the neighborhood has advocated for the rezoning. Remember, 27 neighboring households within 200 feet signed the protest petition. Nearly everyone eligible. That should be loud and clear and shouldn't require owners to hold meetings with you or show up in person at city Council meetings. Listening to those most affected not only- is not only good governance, it's essential for growth that is sustainable and just. Only by engaging with residents, earnestly can the Council ensure that progress does not come at the cost of displacement and disconnection. Multifamily housing that is less than RM 20 is appropriate for the area to be rezoned. As a neighboring resident who has followed this issue, I ask that you vote down the rezoning tonight. If you must, please postpone the vote. One more time so that any council member willing to listen can talk with residents in a more comfortable setting. None of them really want to come here, as do I, um, but I will to understand that Iowa Citians can be pro development yet have informed opinions against development that doesn't work. Here's a copy for the record. [00:40:13] Thank you. Can I get a motion to accept correspondence, please? [00:40:17] Motion moved. Moe. [00:40:18] Second, Salih. Page 17 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:40:20] Moved by Moe. Seconded by Salih. All in favor say Aye. [00:40:22] Aye. [00:40:23] Aye. [00:40:23] Any opposed? [00:40:24] Motion passes 7-0. Anyone else like to address this topic? Seeing no one in -person or online. Council discussion. [00:40:37] 1 would like to just ask our city attorney to respond to, uh, the information that was provided. [00:40:43] Certainly, uh, so, as was covered in the staff, uh, report from planning and zoning, the transition, uh, comes from the fact that this is an OPD zoning. Absolutely correct that this goes from IRS, uh, 12 to RM 20. However, as part of an OPD, that property, uh, that miss Barrack raised is presently a duplex. As part of rezoning, it'll have to be converted to a single family home going down in, uh, density. If that were to demolished or before anything else could be built, it would have to be rezoned, which means it would have to come back before either this Council or some subsequent council and, you know, at that point, miss Barrack cou- could complain about the property immediately to her north, um, and then it would be up to that council to decide whether it's an appropriate transition or not. [00:41:34] Thank you. [00:41:42] One- one of the reasons that, um, I- I wasn't sure if Mr. Manny was here. I'm not sure I see him in the audience, um, but on- one thing about this for me is that, uh, they- the developers had asked for a deferral, and they said specifically to try to bow -tie some things that we had concerns about. Since then, I've looked and I haven't really seen kind of, uh, unless I'm missing something. [00:42:15] Yeah, that's the next item. That's the final plan for Scarlet Point subdivision. Admittedly, it carries a different title, and so this is confusing. But it's- that's the very next item is what they were trying to tie up at the same time. That is approval of the final plat at the same time as the rezoning. Page 18 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:42:33] Okay. [00:42:36] I'm sorry. [00:42:36] You can't do it replot until the zoning is done, and usually procedurally, it would be done in a consent agenda, so it's just a highly irregular process, is that correct? [00:42:44] It- it is unusual to handle it in this fashion. [00:42:46] That makes a lot of sense to me because when I was reading through all this, it was very confusing- very confusing to me, so thank you. [00:42:51] It is acting. [00:42:52] Thank you for clarifying that. For me, when it comes to, like, the amount of community members that are coming in and saying, you know, some address- some concerns need to be addressed and I- I would like to, in an informed matter be able to go and read through that and meet with folks, um before making a vote on this. I would ask that we defer just so I can do my due diligence until the next meeting if that's agreeable for everybody, because I wouldn't feel comfortable at this moment not having gone through, uh, because of my own admitted ignorance when it comes to this because this is highly irregular. That makes me feel better. But, uh, that's what I would say, as of now. [00:43:40] I- I think we can defer it. We've been deferring it, and the more we defer it, it's good. [LAUGHTER] [00:43:54] Could I- I don't hear a motion yet on the floor? [00:43:57] Um, I could make one. [00:43:58] Okay. Page 19 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:43:59] I, uh, if I do this procedurally wrong, tell me. [00:44:04] Oh, you're good. [00:44:04] Okay. I would like to move to defer this for the next meeting, so I would feel more comfortable voting yes for this, um, after looking, uh, wanting to make sure that I'm properly informed when it comes to this decision because, um, I've had, uh, many, many, many meetings with so many neighbors about this, and I don't want to not do due diligence by them so I- I would like to do that, please. [00:44:26] 1 second that. [00:44:27] Okay. Motion move to defer to August 19 by Councilor Weilein, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Salih. Discussion? [00:44:40] In honesty, we waited for, uh, in a regular kind of way to do that at the developers behest, so I'm perfectly fine deferring it, um, due to the neighbors and to council to become better informed, so good. [00:44:56] Any other comments? Roll call, please. [00:45:02] Moe? [00:45:03] Yeah. [00:45:03] Salih? [00:45:04] Yes. [00:45:05] Teague? [00:45:05] Page 20 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Yes. [00:45:05] Weilein? [00:45:06] Yes. [00:45:07] Alter? [00:45:07] Yes. [00:45:08] Bergus? [00:45:08] Yes. [00:45:09] Harmsen. [00:45:09] Yes. [00:45:10] Motion passes 7-0. Can I get a motion to accept correspondence? [00:45:14] 1 think we already had that motion, Mayor. [00:45:16] We did that. [00:45:17] Well, that was a motion for, um. [00:45:20] Oh, for the additional abstract. [00:45:21] Page 21 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Then there was correspondence in the packets. [00:45:23] Motion moved, Salih. [00:45:24] Move by? [00:45:25] Salih. [00:45:26] Salih. [00:45:27] Second Bergus. [00:45:28] All in favor, say aye. [00:45:29] Aye. [00:45:30] Any opposed? Motion passes 7-0. We're on to item 10 c, which is final plat, Scarlet Point subdivision, resolution approving final plat of Scarlet Point. A subdivision of lots eight, nine, 10, 11 and 12, Bacon, subdivision and lots 49, 50, and 51 of subdivision of southeast quarter Section 3-279 NR6W, Iowa City, Iowa. Can I get a motion to approve please. [00:45:58] This was supposed to be federal, right? [00:46:02] 1 mean, you can do the motion, and then the second. Then it would be appropriate to have an additional motion to defer, given, uh, the last deferral. [00:46:09] Because it's on the agenda. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [00:46:13] So move, Harmsen. Second, Moe. Page 22 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:46:15] All right. [00:46:16] I'd like to make a motion to defer. [00:46:18] All right second. [00:46:19] Defer to the 19th? [00:46:21] Yes, please sir. [00:46:22] Second. [00:46:22] So move by Moe, second by Alter. Roll call- any discussion? Roll call, please. [00:46:30] Salih? [00:46:30] Yes. [00:46:31] Teague. [00:46:31] Yes. [00:46:32] Weilein? [00:46:33] Yes. [00:46:33] Alter? Page 23 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:46:34] Yes. [00:46:34] Bergus? [00:46:35] Yes. [00:46:35] Harmsen? [00:46:36] Yes. [00:46:36] Moe? [00:46:37] Yes. [00:46:39] Motion passes to 7-0. Item number 11 is going to be our regular formal agenda. 11 A is fiscal year 2025 CDG Fairmeadows Sidewalk Improvements Project. I'm going to open the public hearing, and welcome. [00:46:55] Good evening, Council, and Mayor. Um- okay. [00:47:02] Just close it out. [00:47:03] Can you just -just close this. Here we go. I'm here to give a brief presentation on the fiscal year 2025 CDBG Fairmeadows Sidewalk Improvement Project. Uh, the project is located at the north end of Fairmeadows Park. As you can see, from the overall view of the city here on the left, it's in the southeast side of Iowa City. And in the Zoomed in view on the right, you can see Fairmeadows Park and Grant Wood Elementary School right next to it. The project location is identified in orange, which represents the sidewalk improvements. This slide shows the existing conditions. Uh, right now, there are no sidewalks around the Western road Cul De Sac. Right here. Um, there is no connection to the existing trail network in Fairmeadows Park. And what I mean by that is there's a wide sidewalk that goes along this parking lot in Fairmeadows Park and kind of leads over to this trail here to the amenities in the park, the playground and a splash pad and shelter and other stuff. Right now at Union Road, which is right Page 24 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. here, the sidewaIkjust ends at the park, and at the south end of Union Road is the street is in poor condition. Sediment is settling on the surface due to storm water not draining properly. You can kind of see that on the aerial photograph here. The pro- the proposed improvements include a five foot wide sidewalk that goes around the Western road cul de sac. You can see the sidewalk is shown an orange here with kind of a magenta outline. It also includes a 10 foot wide concrete trail that connects, er, to this sidewalk that goes along the parking lot here and that leads to the other amenities in the park. Um, the project also includes a 10 foot wide concrete trail here that goes between Western Road and Union Road. There are ADA curb ramps on both sides of Union Road. Um, there's a reconstruction. It's kind of shown by the diagonal orange lines of the south end of Union Road, including a new intake at the south end. And there's a new area intake north of the trail just to make sure there's no ponding. This project will meet several of the strategic plan objectives. One of those, of course, is mobility, the proposed accessible sidewalks and trails will increase the connectivity and walkability near Grantwood Elementary and Fairmeadows Park, an additional accessible route to Grantwood from Union Road through that 10 foot wide concrete trail that I mentioned. Um, an accessible connection to the amenities in the park from the neighborhood, so that trail connection from the sidewalk that's in along the cul de sac of Western Road, will connect, uh, over to the sidewalk in the park and make that an accessible path to the neighborhood to the north. Uh, this project will also improve safety and well being. The sidewalk along Western Road, Cul De Sac will provide a safe place for kids to walk or wait outside the street while parents are picking up or dropping kids off. Um, what I've heard is this is used a lot for pickup and drop off for Grantwood. Er, this project will also impact the- the housing and neighborhood. Uh, the project utilizes community development block grant funds, CDBG funds, CDBG funds are designed to improve the quality of life for residents, particularly those with low to moderate income. The project is located in a CDBG eligible area. The estimated construction cost is $103,000. There's $100,000 available in CDBG funds for the project, so it should be covered by the CDBG funds, which are federal funds. So with approval tonight, we'll issue, um, bid documents tomorrow on the sixth, have a bid opening, uh, August 26th, uh, award the contract on the September 2nd Council meeting. The contract has a specified start date of September 29, and substantial completion is specified as November 14th before, um the contractor is penalized, so it should be completed before then. That includes everything except for final grass restoration, which is in the spring, and that's why there's a final completion date of May 15th, uh, but there will be temporary seeding in the substantial completion. So I guess, with that, is there any questions? [00:52:25] So it seems like it's on both school property and city property. There's a segment of the circle that's on the school district. [00:52:34] It's- it's that- it's in right away. [00:52:36] It's in right of way. Is the- is the city responsible for maintaining this entire new sidewalk network, or is it the school district? Page 25 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [00:52:42] Yes- yes. Okay. [00:52:43] Well, since it's in the park, the city will- [00:52:45] Yeah the park is the city. [00:52:46] Except for the sidewalk that's adjacent to the school, let me go back to that. So I think this portion right here. So here's this property line right here for the school. So I think this portion right here from the schools will be the school's responsibility, since they're the adjacent property owner. [00:53:04] And did the school coordinate the timing of it? It feels a little strange to be doing a sidewalk project when school starts. [00:53:11] So the CDBG funds are time sensitive, so we have to spend those. And so we did talk to the school about it, and their preference was to do it as soon as possible. [00:53:21] Get it done and deal with a mess. [00:53:23] Yeah. [00:53:23] Okay. [00:53:24] So yeah, and I think they plan on replacing their driveway right here during that same time- [00:53:28] Okay. [00:53:28] -when I talk to them. [00:53:30] Page 26 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Thanks. [00:53:32] Just on that same slide, looking at the route for the 10 foot wide trail, it looks like you're not going to be impacting those two larger trees, is that correct- [00:53:41] That's correct. -to will still stay in place? [00:53:43] Yes. [00:53:43] Okay. Thank you. [00:53:46] 1 would just like to say that I'm excited about this because in the past with clients with disabilities, we've always gone to this park, and this would have made it a lot easier for them. So I just- very cool to see. [00:54:05] Hearing no other questions. Thank you. [00:54:08] Thank you. [00:54:08] Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. Seeing no one in person or online, I'm going to close the public hearing. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [00:54:23] So moved Moe. [00:54:24] Second Bergus. [00:54:25] Also discussion. Roll call, please. [00:54:31] Teague? [00:54:31] Page 27 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Yes. [00:54:32] Weilein? [00:54:32] Yes. [00:54:33] Alter? [00:54:33] Yes. [00:54:34] Bergus? [00:54:34] Yes. [00:54:35] Harmsen? [00:54:35] Yes. [00:54:36] Moe? [00:54:36] Yes. [00:54:37] Salih? [00:54:37] Yes. [00:54:38] Motion passes 7-0. 1113, Iowa River Power Company- Iowa River Power house Dam repair Project. Resolution approving project manual, and estimate of cost for the construction of the Iowa River Powerhouse Dam Repair Project. Establishing amount of bid, security to accompany each bid, directing Page 28 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. city clerk to post notice to bidders and fixing time and place for receipt of bids. I'm going to open the public hearing. And welcome. [00:55:07] Hi, John with the Water Division. So I'll go through this presentation on the rehabilitation of the Iowa River PowerHouse Dam, also known as the Coralville Mill Dam. This is a photo I found on the Coralville Public Library site that I'm pretty sure is the correct dam, but it's hard to tell because it was undated. But the, uh, Power House Dam, uh, is shown up there in red. It's over by the Iowa River Power Restaurant in the Peninsula Park or Peninsula wellfield or Thornberry Dog Park. Lots of names. Uh, and it's not the Burlington Street Dam, which is further downstream. These low head dams do form pools in our Iowa river, which are useful and necessary for our collector wells. So those collector wells collect alluvial aquifer water. Alluvial aquifer water means the water that is recharged into the ground from the river. So we have, uh these radial collector wells essentially have a large caisson and then screens that radiate out from them in that sandy outwash in this double oxbow configuration. So the head that is able to be maintained in those pools helps push that water into those aquifers so that we can draw that water into our wells. By using the alluvial aquifer, we get really good source water that has very low turbidity and dissolved organic carbon, which allows us to add fewer chemicals and improves the taste and odor of the city's water. So that is, at least for me, the main purpose of these dams. Uh, some background, the original powerhouse dam was built as a timber crib dam, so that's a little schematic of what that is. It's essentially a bunch of large oak timbers that they fill with rock, and that helps impound the water above it. And then you get that head difference, which then drives a water wheel, which then they use for a grist mil. So I couldn't find all the exact dates for it, but at some point, the timber crib was capped and filled to become the concrete dam we know today. And we also did a rehabilitation project during the construction of the water treatment facility because, again, a lot of the built infrastructure and the water plant prairie park depends on that upper pool level. Um, it also has a pedestrian bridge over the top. Uh, as far as I can tell, the catwalk over the dam has existed since the 1910s. Thank you, Ervin Weber, for your video. Uh, I'm not sure when the pedestrian bridge was built, but it seemed to be around the 2008 era. So we've been inspecting this dam. We've done that twice now, and it has some defects that need to be rehabilitated so that it maintains its integrity. So those are essentially voids. So when it was originally filled, uh, and capped, there's still some voids underneath that need to be filled. So that's kind of like a pumped mortar that needs to go into the dam to fill it in. Shallow spalling, it's basically potholes on the dam that need to be patched over, and then just general repair and removal of debris. So some of the bridge abutments and whatnot do have some spalling or erosion on the side, so you can kind of see all those little colored circles on there indicate different defects found by the dive inspection that will be part of the rehabilitation effort. Um, so the scope is to make these repairs and rehabilitation. No changes to the existing structure that would impact any flood levels. It's just a straight repair of what's existing. There's a couple ways that the contractor can access the area either through the peninsula neighborhood or we've discussed with the city of Coralville using some of the land up to the north so that they could launch a barge and then anchor that out of the area. Um, during the project, obviously, if there's any high flows expected from the Coralville dam, we'll have to make sure that the contractor vacates the area, removes anything that could be washed away. Uh, and there will be some intermittent impacts to the pedestrian traffic during the work, but there won't be any, uh, like, Page 29 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. long term closure of the bridge or the trail system. So the anticipated schedule, uh, we have a couple windows. Since we're getting late in the year, we're not exactly sure what is on the plate of the individuals or contractors that do this work because it's kind of niche. So a lot of times they're all over the country, and you kind of have to get just budgeted in when you can. So we have a couple of construction windows. But once they start work, we want the work to be complete within 90 days. Our estimated construction cost is 675,000, and Alen and I are, uh, your contacts. Any questions? [00:59:54] 1 just wanted to say thanks for the presentation. I know I was bugging public works for having discussion about why that dam is important because the river is a passion of mine, and I would love for those dams to go away, but I understand that they're necessary for potable water for Iowa City. So, of course, people posing yes for that. But, um, I also wanted to take the opportunity to tell my colleagues, we do have on our strategic plan to do a Riverfront master plan, and I would- I know there's some work started on that, and I would love to do that more. So when we spend money, we know it's going to be um, something that serves the master plan. But I understand this is necessary for now, but thanks for the presentation. I really did appreciate that. [01:00:36] And comments should have been weighted until our deliberation. Yes. [01:00:41] Thank you. [01:00:41] This is question time. [01:00:43] He's passionate- he's passionate. [01:00:45] My question was- [01:00:46] Yes. [01:00:48] Who is? [01:00:49] Thank you. Any question? [01:00:52] Page 30 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. My question is, could Josh Moe be any more passionate about the river? [01:00:58] Yes. All right. Any other, um, questions for John? Hearing none. Anyone from the public want to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [01:01:15] Hi, everyone. My name is Clara Rinan. I'm from Iowa City. I'm here for something later on the agenda, but, um, I did not know that the dams were part of the reason that we have those aquifers that we can draw groundwater from. Um, and I just- I, too, am not always the biggest fan of dams, but those aquifers and the fact that we draw groundwater and not just river water is part of the reason why our nitrate levels are much lower in Iowa city than we see in other parts of the state. Even the university's campus has much higher nitrate levels than Iowa cities because of our groundwater. So, uh, shout out to groundwater. And you learn something new every day. And so, yeah, fun groundwater, fun the dam. [01:01:58] Thank you. I'm going to have you sign in, please. Thank you. Anyone else like to address this topic? Welcome. [01:02:12] Hello. My name is Laremy Gibbons. I'm from Iowa City. Uh, I am a resident of the Peninsula neighborhood. I just wanted to speak to the pedestrian bridge. I had seen that we had concerns of an extended period of the bridge being out as that is the main connection for much of the Peninsula neighborhood to anything such as grocery stores or employment or whatnot, that is not either taking the bus or driving. Um, I just wanted to speak to the concerns of the over summer, I do know that we have a decrease in the number of buses that we see an hour to that neighborhood. Um, I was just hoping that we could think about, uh, reconsidering the decreases in the buses during the summers if this bridge project is being- or this dam project is being done because we would see, uh, a loss of accessibility for those who do not drive. I know during the fall, we have the half hour buses, but as we only have our lead buses in the summer, this would make it a lot more difficult for people who do not drive in this area to access things such as grocery stores, employment or anything else that they may need. Thank you. [01:03:30] Thank you. I'll have you sign in right there, please. Thanks. Anyone else want to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. If you're in person, please step forward. Seeing no one else? I'm going to close the public hearing. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [01:03:50] So moved Harmsen. Page 31 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:03:51] Second. [01:03:53] Moved by Harmsen seconded by Weilein. Council discussion. [01:03:57] Can we ask John what intermittent means for dam cl- for bridge closer? [01:04:01] Anyone else? [01:04:02] We do that. [01:04:07] Intermittent. [01:04:09] Intermittent means less than a day. So probably, like, a few hours here and there is the moving material. Uh, so if they take the Peninsula neighborhood route, they might need to drive trucks up to their staging area on the trail. But we have provisions in the, uh, plan set to make sure that there's still a way for pedestrians to get around. Essentially he said, even if you do try to close the trail, people are just going to go around you, so we need to accommodate that. [01:04:33] Good. [01:04:37] Great. Thank you. [01:04:39] Thank you. [01:04:40] All right. Council discussion continues. Hearing nothing, roll call, please. [01:04:49] Weilein? [01:04:50] Yes. Page 32 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:04:50] Alter? [01:04:51] Yes. [01:04:51] Bergus? [01:04:52] Yes. [01:04:52] Harmsen? [01:04:53] Yes. [01:04:53] Moe? [01:04:54] Yes. [01:04:54] Salih? [01:04:55] Yes. [01:04:55] Teague? [01:04:56] Yes. Motion passes 7-0. Item 11c, sale of eastern half of Outlet C Industrial campus. Resolution authorizing convenience of eastern approximate one half of Outlet C in Iowa City Industrial campus. I'm going to open the public hearing. And welcome. Yes. [01:05:14] Thank you, Mayor and Council. So for approximately 15 years, the city has owned and marketed industrial property on the southeast side of Iowa City. It's the 420th Street Corridor. We bought that Page 33 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. property, and then we subsequently invested in roadways, utilities, and railroad infrastructure. And the whole attempt was to bolster our industrial sector and both preserve and add employment opportunities and ultimately increase the tax base for the benefit of the entire community. We have approximately 40 acres remaining for sale. And the agreement before you is for half of that amount, approximately 20 acres. The sale is proposed to PJP Holdings, which is a company out of Ohio, and they propose to build a rail served facility that will operate in the packaging industry. They will serve both local and regional customers out of that site. The sale price is dependent on the- the final platting process, which still has to take place, but assuming 20 acres, um, at $1.25 per square foot, we're looking at just over $1,000,000 for a sale price. Happy to answer any questions. [01:06:28] Hearing none. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand, in -person please step forward. Seeing no one in -person or online I'm going to close the public hearing. Could I get a motion to approve, please. [01:06:47] So move. Alter. [01:06:48] Second. Moe. [01:06:50] Council discussion. Roll call, please. [01:06:55] Alter? [01:06:56] Yes. [01:06:57] Bergus? [01:06:57] Yes. [01:06:57] Harmsen? [01:06:58] Yes. Page 34 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:06:59] Moe? [01:06:59] Yes. [01:06:59] Salih? [01:07:00] Yes. [01:07:00] Teague? [01:07:01] Yes. [01:07:01] Weilein. [01:07:02] Yes. [01:07:03] Motion passes 7-0. We're on to item number 11d, sale of lot of Domestic Violence Intervention Program, DVIP. Resolution authorizing conveyance of Lot 10, Linderman Subdivision Part 8 located on Kenneth Street. I'm going to open the public hearing. And welcome. [01:07:25] Hi. Thank you, Mayor, Council members. I'm here today to present the sale of city -owned land to Domestic Violence Intervention Program, DVIP, for the development of supportive housing, um, for individuals and families fleeing domestic violence. This is a project that is going to happen because of HOME ARP funds. And if you remember, HOME ARP is the funds that- it's intended to those experiencing homelessness or at risk of homeless- homelessness or fleeing domestic violence. This project aligns with the city goals with the city's broader commitment to equitable and inclusive housing using innovative partnerships. Um, we bought this land back in 2018, if you remember. We looked at the former land banking guidelines that we had that considered things like, is the land in line with the comprehensive plan? Is it zoned appropriately? Is it close to transit? Does it have neighborhood amenities like parks, schools, commercial centers? Is it served by utilities? Is it not in the floodplain? And basically, is it free of environmental contamination? It's not blighted, and it's suitable for housing. This land met all those criteria. By transferring this property, the city is leveraging public asset to support deeply needed Page 35 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. housing with built in services. We will partner with DVIP. They have deep experience in sav- serving survivors of domestic violence. They'll provide case management, trauma -informed care, and long term support for residents. We're recommending that the city proceed with the sale of the property. Earlier, um, when we received the purchase agreement, we approved a resolution of support that we enter agreement with DVIP for $270,000 for the cost of the land. We will put a mortgage after- upon sale, when we close, we'll put a mortgage for the lifetime of that compliance period. This action is consistent with the Council's direction to use city resources strategically to expand supportive affordable housing options. And I wanted to take a look at the timeline. You know, often affordable housing development is complex. It takes time, it takes patience. You have to wait for the opportunity for that at the right time. Development must be sustainable. And typically, it involves many funding programs and partners in order to reduce the debt so that you can offer lower rent and you can maintain the proper- property successfully. So back in 2017, you created the affordable housing fund, and one of those items that set aside was a land baking, kind of like what we call opportunity funds today. We purchased Lot 10 in the Linderman subdivision. It's one lot and it- it can accommodate six-townhome type development. We did a resolution of support. The state came out with a HOME ARP application. We've already allocated our HOME ARP funds that we got directly through the HUD. But these are the funds coming through state. And they opened up a funding round. We worked with DVIP. They applied. We approved that resolution of support for the DVIP application to IFA back in 2024. And then in July of 2025, DVIP was successful and they signed an agreement with IFA for the funds for over $2.4 million. So if the land is so- if you guys agree tonight, we will sell the land to DVIP. They will proceed with construction. They're supposed to have it constructed by April of 2026, and we expect full lease up by 2027. 1 mean, that's 10 years from the time that you set this money aside. And you notice there's a dig- big difference 2018 and 2024. This was the third project we considered. Sometimes projects just don't proceed. The original 10- when we purchased this land was a scattered site policy for LIHTC, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, development to work with a LIHTC developer, that did not pan out. So the next one we work with Better Together on a 3D affordable housing printing pilot project that did not proceed. And then the state issued this opportunity with HOME ARP funds. And so that's what brings us here today. So I have pictures of elevations. DVIP is working with Horizon Architecture, and Christie's here just to tell you about the property and the services that they'll provide. [01:11:22] Welcome. [01:11:24] Hi, there. I'm Chris- [OVERLAPPING] [01:11:26] Do pictures. [01:11:28] That's right. Okay. Page 36 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:11:29] And the floor plan. [01:11:30] Got it. So we are really excited to be here. I'm Christie Fort Mendoza. I'm with the Domestic Violence Intervention Program and Rape Victim Advocacy Program. And this has been a project that's been a little bit of time in the planning and getting going, but we're truly excited to move forward with it. And hope that this vote and collaboration with the city of Iowa City will create six townhomes that will assist low income families who are victims of domestic violence and have recently sought emergency shelter or services and are eligible for low income housing support. And, uh, we are really, really lucky in the grant that we receive that not only is it, uh, $1.7 plus million for the construction itself, that we also have a significant amount of funding that's been set aside for six years of services. And so that gives us a chance. It covers the cost of services and the cost of the running of that program for the first six years and allows us to build the background and the backup funds to maintain that project over time and move it forward in a positive way. Some of you have heard us talk that you know that this is part of a larger plan for us that included the building of our new shelter that opened up in November. Um, it includes this project for families, but we also have a plan in the future for apartments for single individuals who are, um, also in the same boat. So this is Phase 2, and we truly appreciate your partnership with the city of Iowa City. I have with me two of our board members. Mike Nolan with Horizons. Is there anything that you want to add before I jump? [01:13:13] I'll just be here to answer questions. [01:13:15] All right. And I've also got Jerry Fallow over here, who's also on our board. They have been- I just want to say thank you to them and our other building committee members who have really been a force of support in all of this change and development and support of victims of domestic violence and sexual violence. Happy to hear any questions. [01:13:35] Um, I'd like to learn more about the feasibility of moving from concept to operation in April 2026. And I guess some of that's kind of your business, but also because it's ARP funds, I also understand that there are very rigid strings attached and wanting to know what the exposure for both you and the city are if you can't meet that deadline. [01:13:56] Yeah. I'd be happy to address that and thank you for the question. So as you well noted, that's a pretty tight timeline. [OVERLAPPING] [01:14:02] In winter. Page 37 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:14:02] Christie came to us and said, Can we get this done? I said, absolutely, we can. We actually have leaned forward a little bit. So we're starting with a model that we built previously, and we're going to be adapting it to the site. We've got our team put together, we're already looking at the site and getting ready to go. Our timeline from this point forward is we'll go to the board, get official approval to proceed next week, uh, and then we've got about five weeks to get the model adapted and then get site plan put together so that we can get out for bidding. That will get us through about October for the end of bidding and then looking at about 30 days pre construction period with going in for foundations in November, given the, uh, models are built to be fairly straightforward, fairly easy to build. So we look about a 5-6 month construction period with that. So, um, we're looking at probably end of April to final close out on it. But yeah, we've been thinking about that very carefully, and it doesn't keep me up at night all the time, but I think an actual plan forward. [01:14:57] What are the risks if you can't meet the deadline, are there? I mean, is it just an ambitious sol, or is the state clawback funds? [01:15:03] No. At this point- [OVERLAPPING] [01:15:04] Will you please? [01:15:05] Go ahead. Yeah. [01:15:07] At this point, what we've learned from IFA is that they do have some flexibility for post the deadline of having all funds spent down. The April 26 deadline that we've set for ourself is actually before the deadline that we have with the state of Iowa. And so we have some flexibility coming into it. We've been told we can have up to an additional year. [01:15:28] Okay. [01:15:30] And I'll just put in that we are working on another similar, a little bit larger project with state funding, and we're in the same spot where just with COVID delays and some of the funding delays, they were able to get that extension, that was not a big deal. So IFA has been very good to work with in that respect. Page 38 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:15:43] Okay. Thank you. [01:15:46] 1 have a question, and I apologize if you mentioned it, but will there be- are there going to be continued supportive services for the ind- for the survivors who are in housing now? [01:15:58] Yes. And so the goal of the services is to continue that throughout the entire time that they are living in that residence. We are not putting a time limit. One of the requirements under the HOME ARP funding and contract is that as long as they're eligible fiscally, they can stay in those, uh, in those townhomes as long as they want. That is something that is designed to be able to create that foundation to help that family move forward. And so throughout the entire time that they're there, they will receive case management support, assistance with job placement, education, resources for children, all of those items. [01:16:36] Thank you. [01:16:37] Great. [01:16:38] Yeah, that was my question, too, but it's not- it's not considered transition, so they will be there as long as they want, which is amazing. [01:16:46] Yeah. [01:16:47] My other question is this, like, also going to be like income -based kind of things? Like you charge them any rent, like, based on income like 30% or something like that. [01:16:57] Yeah. It will be 25 or 30%. That's something that we're still kind of working through the numbers on what- on what's the lowest that we can have it at because our goal is that this is an opportunity for launching forward. Uh and that you can't have that unless you have a specific amount of time that supports it. [01:17:13] Sound amazing. Thank you for doing that. Page 39 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:17:18] It's not our first time running a transitional housing program. We had a partnership with the federal government. You can only have it for a certain amount of time, and we had it for the full six years. And there were some limitations that I'm excited we won't have with this project. [01:17:32] Okay. Thank you. [01:17:34] Great. Hearing no other comment or questions. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. Seeing no one in -person or online, I'm going to close the public hearing. Could I get a motion to approve, please? [01:17:53] So move. Alter. [01:17:54] Second, Moe. [01:17:55] All right. Council discussion. Seemed like a great opportunity for our community, and for property that we've had for a long time. [01:18:04] Yeah. [01:18:04] Yes. [01:18:06] Yes. [01:18:06] Roll call, please. [01:18:07] Bergus? [01:18:08] Yes. [01:18:08] Page 40 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Harmsen? [01:18:09] Yes. [01:18:10] Moe? [01:18:10] Yes. [01:18:10] Salih? [01:18:11] Yes. [01:18:11] Teague? [01:18:12] Yes. [01:18:12] Weilein? [01:18:13] Yes. [01:18:14] Alter. [01:18:14] Yes. [01:18:15] Motion passes 7-0. 11e, Civil Service Commission Ordinance amending Title I entitled Administration to establish the Civil Service Commission. This is the second consideration, and staff is requesting expedited action. And who's going to read that? All right. Great. [01:18:39] 1 have it. Page 41 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:18:40] Um, it's the first one. Right, Kelly? [01:18:45] Says waived second. [01:18:46] Correct. [01:18:47] Should be. [01:18:49] 1 move that the rule requiring that ordinances must be considered and voted on for passage at two Council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended, that the second consideration and vote be waived and that the ordinance be voted on for final passage at this time. [01:19:06] Move by Wei lein. [01:19:07] Second. [01:19:08] Second by Salih. And anyone from the public like to address this topic? Welcome. [01:19:20] Hi. I'm Dr. Hamdani. You've seen me here a number of times. I would like to stress to this Council and to the city the gravity of SF311, which is the bill that's forcing you to do this. I think everyone in here understands the pow- the- the issue of having fewer checks on police power and fewer ways of the city to meaningfully have a say over how it is policed and how violence is done in our city. It shouldn't be done at all, but the fact that we can't even have a community board that lets us oversee these things in this state is insulting and demeaning to every citizen of Iowa and every citizen of Iowa City. I understand the legal requirement from the state to have this in place, but I would like to impress on this board that the City needs a solution to this problem. And I would like to see action in this area in the future in regards to just what oversight we can have over people who we give the power to kill in this city. Thank you. [01:20:40] Thank you. Anyone else like to address this topic? [APPLAUSE] Seeing no one in -person or online. Council discussion. Page 42 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:20:57] 1 would just like to say that during our work session, uh, right before the formal meeting, we had a lot of conversation about just that. Um, so I think moving forward, uh, we are- there's going to be lots of opportunities to have exactly the discussions about, you know, what creative things we can do to replace what the state, uh, tries to take away from us. [01:21:27] Roll call, please. [01:21:28] Harmsen? [01:21:29] Yes. [01:21:30] Moe? [01:21:31] Yes. [01:21:31] Salih? [01:21:32] Yes. [01:21:32] Teague? [01:21:33] Yes. [01:21:33] Weilein? [01:21:34] Yes. [01:21:34] Alter? Page 43 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:21:35] Yes. [01:21:35] Bergus? [01:21:36] Yes. [01:21:37] Motion passes 7-0. Can I get a motion to pass and adopt? [01:21:41] So move. Moe. [01:21:42] Second. [01:21:44] Move by Moe. Second by Alter. Roll call, please. [01:21:48] M oe? [01:21:49] Yes. [01:21:49] Salih? [01:21:50] Yes. [01:21:51] Teague? [01:21:51] Yes. [01:21:52] Weilein? Page 44 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:21:52] Yes. [01:21:53] Alter? [01:21:53] Yes. [01:21:54] Bergus? [01:21:54] Yes. [01:21:55] Yes. Motion passes 7-0. 11F. Electric and gas franchise fees, ordinance amending Title 12, Chapter 5, franchise fees to repeal the 1% franchise fee and enact a 2% franchise fee on the gro- gross revenue derived from the distribution, delivery, and retail sale of electricity and natural gas by franchisees include a MidAmerican Energy Company. Other natural gas providers utilizing the distribution system of MidAm- MidAmerican to customers within the current [01:22:29] or future corporate limits of [01:22:31] the City of Iowa City and to describe the purpose of the revenue collected. Can I get a motion to pass and adopt? [01:22:38] So moved Moe. [01:22:40] Second, Harmsen. [01:22:42] Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. See no one in -person or online? Council discussion. Roll call, please. [01:22:56] Salih? Page 45 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:22:58] Yes. [01:22:58] Teague? [01:22:59] Yes. [01:22:59] Weilein? [01:23:00] Yes. [01:23:00] Alter? [01:23:01] Yes. [01:23:01] Bergus? [01:23:02] Yes. [01:23:02] Harmsen? [01:23:03] Yes. [01:23:03] M oe? [01:23:04] Yes. [01:23:05] Page 46 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Motion passes 7-0. Item 11G. We know that Mayor Pro Tern Salih is going to rec- recuse herself on this item. 11G Affordable Housing contribution to the Housing Trust Fund of Jens County. Resolution authorizing the city manager to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Housing Trust Fund of Jens County for the contribution and use of $650,000 for affordable housing. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [01:23:37] So moved Moe. [01:23:38] Second. [01:23:39] Moved by Moe. Second by Weilein. Alright. Welcome. [01:23:46] That's gonna be so easy. You're just gonna pass it right there. [LAUGHTER] As you know, we have every year, we look at the distribution formula from the Affordable Housing Fund, and we've allocated the Housing Trust Fund funds every year. Back in June, we altered that distribution formula, and so you approved 650,000 to the Housing Trust Fund. We no longer have a set aside for LIHTC, the Low -Income Housing Tax Credit. So don't get me wrong, LIHTC projects can apply at any time. But they'll have a 650,000 set aside. We'll offer that funds, and then they'll incorporate that into their quarterly funding round. We up them admin. They'll get 8% as admin costs, so that goes, um, I think it increases our admin funds by 4,000, but it'll be 52,000 that they can reserve out of that 60- 650,000 for admin funds. So this is just the resolution so that we can enter agreement and issue a- issue the check. [01:24:39] Alright. Any questions? Hearing none. Thank you. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? If you're online, raise your virtual hand, Seeing no one online or in -person. Council, discussion. Roll please. [01:24:57] Teague? [01:24:57] Yes. [01:24:58] Weilein? [01:24:59] Yes. Page 47 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:24:59] Alter? [01:25:00] Yes. [01:25:00] Bergus? [01:25:01] Yes. [01:25:01] Harmsen? [01:25:02] Yes. [01:25:03] M oe? [01:25:03] Yes. [01:25:04] Motion passes 6-0. Item.11H, local option sales and service tax. Resolution submitting the question of the imposition of local sales and service tax to the qualified electors of the City of Iowa City. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [01:25:36] So moved, Harmsen. [01:25:37] Second, Moe. [01:25:39] All right. And any- we'll just go straight to the public if there's anyone from the public that would like to address this topic. If you're online, please raise your virtual hand. Seeing no one in -person or online. Council discussion. [01:25:59] Page 48 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Um, I know that I already had a couple of discussions, um, with some counselors, uh, but there some, a very small thing when it comes to the language, but could be small, but could be significant, um, to make sure that we don't accidentally, while we have some specific language included, we don't accidentally exclude permanent housing supports with transitional. So 1, uh, I think that changing it to the 25% shall be used to preserve existing affordable housing stock, increase shelter and tra- transitional/permanent housing supports. That is something that, um, I would like to see added to the agen- or added to the language, just that one word. [01:26:52] Yeah. Can I offer a wordsmithing? I agree. Um, just shelter, transitional, and permanent housing. Rather than slash. That's all. [01:27:04] Rather than a slash. [01:27:05] It's just a tiny. I'm like, I can go more. No, I think that's [OVERLAPPING] I think that's fantastic. [01:27:11] 1 think that makes sense. Yeah. [01:27:13] Fun. [01:27:13] Alright, friends, if we're wordsmithing, I do have one request then. [LAUGHTER] Just the words. Well, okay, it says shall otherwise be. And then it says, 25% shall be shall be shall be. Can we just take the shall be out from behind the percentages so that it would just read the specific purposes for which the revenue shall otherwise be expended to otherwise is because the other 50% has to be for property tax relief. Then it would say, 25% to preserve existing, 10% for maintenance and construction, 15% for community partnerships. It's just a suggestion to make it a little shorter and clearer. [01:27:53] Yeah, I can support that, no problem with that. Yeah. [01:27:58] All right. So we will be- do we need that in the form of those amendments? [01:28:04] Yeah. Since we've got a resolution that's been put on to the public and so forth, we would want a motion to amend for each of those two changes that you've proposed. Yeah. Page 49 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:28:13] Okay, I would like to make a motion to in the manner that Councilor Alter described. Add the word permanent after transitional into, uh, housing supports. [01:28:27] Oxford coma- Oxford coma. [01:28:30] Could you read how you would like it to read again, just so we're 100% crystal clear. Okay. Whether that's Councilor Alter or Weilein is- [01:28:38] You can do it. [01:28:40] Okay. Let me get to the right page here. Um, so 25% to preserve existing affordable housing stock, increase shelter, transitional, and permanent housing supports, and that's the change. [01:29:03] You already made the amendment on the first, right? [01:29:05] Yeah, it might be prudent to just do those separately. [01:29:07] Okay. [01:29:08] So I- I made the motion. [01:29:09] 1 will second it. [01:29:10] Okay. All right. [01:29:11] We have a second, I'm sorry, I missed it. [01:29:12] A second. Page 50 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:29:12] Okay. [01:29:13] A move by Weilein. Second by Alter. [01:29:15] Teamwork. [01:29:16] And because this is- we'll have to do a voice vote on this. [01:29:21] A voice vote. Since it's a motion, would be fine? [01:29:24] Yeah. [01:29:24] Yeah. [01:29:25] So all in favor say Aye. [01:29:26] Aye. [01:29:27] Aye. [01:29:27] Aye. [01:29:27] Any oppose? Motion passes 7-0. Now, we have- [01:29:31] 1 would move to amend. I believe we already took out the shall be in the first one. So in the second paragraph, it should read 10% for maintenance and construction, et cetera. And the third paragraph, 15% for community partnerships, et cetera. [01:29:51] Page 51 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. And just for sake of clarity, again, just state the 25%. [01:29:56] 25% to preserve existing affordable housing stock. [01:30:00] Moved by Bergus. [01:30:02] Second. [01:30:03] Second by Moe. All in favor say Aye. [01:30:06] Aye. [01:30:06] Aye. [01:30:06] Any opposed? Motion passes 7-0. Now we're going to go back to that original motion where we're going to do, um, our resolution as amended. [01:30:18] As amended. Yeah. Are you ready for a roll call vote at this point? [01:30:20] No, because we have to have the, um. Yeah. [01:30:25] Oh, yeah. Sorry. [01:30:26] Yeah. So any other discussion on this? [01:30:29] Like, Council discussion now? [01:30:30] Council discussion. Page 52 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 2025 (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:30:32] Yeah, you know, like, I'm really not in favor of this, but I- since like everybody want to do it anyway, my - my vote is not gonna be- but I just really want to state for the record. I think this is really going to affect the most vulnerable people in the community if we add a sale tax. Also, I want to state that we cannot just tax the board to fix problem- property. That's absolutely is not something that I wanted. [01:31:02] But we're- since we're going to do it, we're going to do it anyway. My vote is not going to change anything. That's why I am- I'm glad that we work together to come up with this affordable house - housing and everything that good will come with it. Also, I want to get state for the record. I'm not for the sunset. I just want, I mean, I want to have a sunset for it, and this doesn't have it. But, you know, I'm gonna vote yes because we just- we did this collectively, so. [01:31:36] And Mayor Pro Tern, thank you for, you know, your- thank you for, you know, your authenticity and that you have been absolutely consistent to your values and the people that you care the most about. One without disagreeing at all, nor saying is a mitigating factor. One of the reasons that I think that we are in place to be able to do more good with this is because as a community, we bring in more outside dollars every weekend through events, through games, through our entertainment. That I also believe I- I would have to remember look it up now, but regionally within the municipalities, of which Iowa City, if this passes, we get a certain proportion of the municipalities lost a local option sales tax. It's not simply what is spent in Iowa City with something like $55 million. So of course, this has to be spread across municipalities. If it fail- if it passes among them, each is putting it on their own ballots. But Iowa City brings in so many outside dollars that I do believe that that is going to help our community in ways that we're positioned that many other cities we're one of six, I believe, cities in Iowa that does not have a lost, and we will be able to benefit from outside dollars that will stay in our community. So that does not, oh, goodness. Excuse me. That does not mitigate or negate at all what you are saying, Mayor Pro Tern, and I struggled mightily with the fact that there's, absolutely, there's very regressive nature to this. And yet, I also believe that the straits are such. We have been brought to this through a variety of political actions, that this is what we have to do in order to continue doing services, and I believe we will have money coming from outside the community that will benefit the community. So I just wanted to be clear about why it is that I'm moving forward with this and also to say I completely respect and understand what you are saying. But I think that we're in one position different than some other communities, and that we'll be able to bring in some dollars from outside the community to spend here. [01:34:00] You know, I would just tag on briefly just to say echoing everything that Councilor Alter just said. And as we looked, um, at how we're, um, allocating the 50% that is not property tax relief, um, it was a huge focus on individuals in a way. Um, yes, it's very clear that any housing is going to really be about individuals, but parks and trails, that's also about, uh, individuals. Um, and so, and of course, our social services priorities are also about individuals. So while this is a regressive tax, we're going to call it what it is. It does have large benefits for the- the most vulnerable in our community. And let's face it, funding is Page 53 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. being reduced all around, and this is one way that we can really help to keep the services that we currently have is the hope, as well as enhance opportunities for more services for those most in need. So I'll be supporting this tonight. [01:35:06] And piggybacking off of that, one of the things that I appreciate that we're doing is we're being specific about those, uh, those three divisions of money, um, and what's great about that is if we put that- we're putting them on the ballot, voters vote on that on the ballot language. And then when that stays, like, whether, you know, as we come and go up here, that means future councils will be also spending it into those areas. And that- that actually, to me, is also a nice mitigating factor. We don't leave it- we don't leave it up to chance for those discretionary funds that we have. And I really appreciate that, and I appreciate all the work that's been done by members of council, staff, community groups that have helped us get to that point where we can lock that in for perpetuity. So, and it can't be changed without the voters changing it. [01:35:56] Yeah. [01:35:56] Yeah. [01:35:57] One thing about it is, you know, clearly agree with everything that Mayor Pro Tern was saying in the terms of you can't tax- you can't fix poverty by taxing poverty, which is a lot of what local option sales tax is. And one aspect of this is, you know, it's definitely, you know, a question that I think should be made democratically, which is why I'm very happy that it can go up for a vote and that we were able to because we have a cooler counsel, we were able to make it something that is- goes specifically to help those who it affects the most. And so I'm very happy with y'all's work and contribution and staff's work into making this something that we can be proud of. And I will say, correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard that Coralville now has an affordable housing aspect in their lost language, is that correct? So I think we should take a little bit of credit for that. You know. [LAUGHTER] So just- I'm just saying that, you know, I'm- I'm just very happy with the direction we're going. Thank you. [01:37:11] I'll just say thanks. I'm sorry. I just want to say thanks to all the people who worked on this in the background. I know we had a lot of conversations, but I know there were many not for profits, Affordable Housing coalition, as well as Greater Iowa City who worked really hard, and everybody was advocating for their pieces. And maybe there were some elbow throwing, but I think we're all like this is good. We had it- we kind of got to a point where I think we're going to do the most good with this thing that no one is super excited about. [01:37:41] Page 54 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Well, said. [01:37:43] And lastly, I just want to give a shout out to Greater Iowa City, Inc., for all of the hard work that they did to present this to our communities. Um, so thanks to them. Alright. Roll call, please. [01:37:56] Weilein? [01:37:56] Yes. [01:37:57] Alter? Yes. [01:37:58] Bergus? [01:37:58] Yes. [01:37:59] Harmsen? [01:38:00] Yes. [01:38:00] Moe? [01:38:00] Yes. [01:38:01] Salih? [01:38:01] Yes. [01:38:02] Teague? Page SS Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:38:02] Yes. Motion passes 7 - 0. We're on to item 11.i Assessment schedule, resolution adopting an assessment schedule of unpaid mowing, cleanup of property, snow removal, sidewalk repair, and stop box repair charges and directing the City Clerk to certify the same to the county treasurer for collection in the same manner as property taxes. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [01:38:26] So moved, Alter. [01:38:28] Second, Moe. [01:38:29] Alright. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? Seeing no one in person. Are you online? Please raise your virtual hand if you would like to address this topic. Seeing no one online, Council discussion. Roll call, please. [01:38:49] Alter? [01:38:50] Yes. [01:38:50] Bergus? [01:38:51] Yes. [01:38:51] Harmsen. [01:38:52] Yes. [01:38:52] Moe? [01:38:53] Yes. [01:38:53] Page 56 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Salih? [01:38:54] Yes. [01:38:54] Teague? [01:38:55] Yes. [01:38:55] Weilein? [01:38:56] Yes. [01:38:56] Motion passes 7 - 0. 11J, Gaza resolution. Resolution calling for the City of Iowa City to boycott the investment of any and all public monies from entities complicit and the current and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, including all entities assisting Israel in the oppression of the Palestinian people. This was a Council initiated resolution. And could I get a motion to approve? And it was three councilors that, um, did this. Can I get a motion to approve, please? [01:39:32] So moved. [01:39:33] Move by Salih? [01:39:34] Second. [01:39:36] Seconded by Weilein. And, uh, Council Weilein, would you like to lead this discussion? [01:39:46] Yes. [01:39:47] Yes. So I think I should just start by reading the resolution. Page 57 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:39:52] You want to have public comment on this? [01:39:53] Yes. No, there is public comment. So, um, this is just to introduce the item to the community is- just to talk about the item. But we can certainly go forth with public comment if that's what people- [01:40:11] They want to. [01:40:12] Should we read the resolution first or- [01:40:15] It's four pages. [01:40:16] I'm not sure what the procedure is with that. [01:40:18] Yes. Um, I think- [01:40:23] Typically, staff would present an overview because staff wasn't involved in the preparation of this, I think it would be appropriate for counsel to present an overview and then welcome public comment. [01:40:32] Okay. [01:40:32] Okay. [01:40:33] And we typically don't read it. One of the challenges is, um, I just learned here, what? Twenty minutes ago that this item was only released to the Council and not to the public. So no one beyond the Council has seen this resolution. [01:40:53] Mayor, it was in the- it was in the late handouts, yesterday. [01:40:55] No, it was a late supplement. Page 58 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:40:58] Okay. All right. Great. [01:40:59] It was, it was a supplement on the agenda. [01:41:00] Just yesterday. Okay. [01:41:02] But it has been 24 hours. [01:41:05] 1 think we got it about the same time as everybody else. [01:41:09] So, Council of Weilein, you can certainly speak to us. [01:41:13] Definitely. So this resolution came about by community members reaching out to both myself, other councilors,um, bringing about a really, really hard important discussions regarding what the city has already addressed when it comes to, um, the genocide of the Palestinian people. And first thing that we did as a Council was pass a Ceasefire Resolution. And so this was seen as a community discussion regarding a conti- continuation of the spirit of the Ceasefire Resolution, considering as how things have gotten worse, considering about how, um, this differs from other conflict because it is something that the United States is specifically engaged in, and we have more power in terms of what we can do here than with other conflicts. Um, so lots of Palestinian residents, um, other folks,um, people of all walks of life were involved in these dis- these discussions taking place over the summer over three months, um, 2.5 months, um, including myself, Mayor Teague, Mayor Pro- Tern, um, and individual discussions with other Councilors. So, um, I'll go ahead and read the resolution if that's appropriate, Mayor Teague. [01:42:37] You certainly can, um, if that's what you desire. I don't know that it's- it's not something that we typically do. [01:42:44] Okay. [01:42:44] Because I do understand now. Sorry I read something that contradicted what I thought happened. Um, it was in the handout yesterday, so I do not believe that it needs to be read. Page 59 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:42:55] Okay. [01:42:58] But yeah. [01:42:59] O kay. [01:43:01] All right. So are we ready for public comment? Yeah. I think we'll go to public discussion. [01:43:11] We'll go to public comment, yeah. [01:43:12] Yeah. Anyone from the public like to address this topic? I want to see a- a show of hands of people in person, as well as those that are online, please, of those that want to speak. I cannot see out in the hall. So if someone can just give me a number of how many people are in the hall, please. I see two hands online. [01:43:44] How many in the hall want to speak? There's three people in the hallway. [01:43:50] Do I count 17 and-. [01:43:53] 18, 1 think. [01:43:54] So 18 in person. [01:43:56] 19 here. [01:43:57] 19 inside. Uh, and how many- is that including outside? No. [01:44:05] Yes, I included the outside. Page 60 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [01:44:06] So 19 and plus two. So we're at 21. Uh, we're gonna go down to two minutes. Um, and we're gonna ask that if someone comes up and say, uh, what you just, uh, what you wanted to say, certainly you are welcome to continue to say whatever you want to say. But we also invite you to just say, yes, what they said, I agree with. Um, because we do want to hear from everyone, but we also acknowledge that, um, timing may be- [01:44:38] May I also suggest something also? [01:44:39] Sure. [01:44:40] Yeah, I also suggest that if somebody really- you want to give somebody more than two minute, if one of the 19 can say, I will give my time to that person, so you can do four minutes instead of two minutes, right? The person have to be in person, one of the 19, the people who said we're going to be speaking. [01:45:00] Right. It has to be for a person who's present and any one speaker can receive the time from any one person. [01:45:05] Just one person, yeah. [01:45:07] Yes. [01:45:07] And you can do that. [01:45:09] Okay. We do welcome all voices at this time that have raised their hand to speak. Please step up and, uh, there is a sign in sheet in the back, and I will- I will strongly suggest that we get that sign in sheet so that you can drop it in the basket. Um, and there is a sign in sheet at the podium here, but it would be very helpful if people use the back to get the little stickers, and then you can drop it in the basket. I'm gonna to ask everybody to give three minutes. I'm sorry, to- to limit your comments to two minutes. And many of you may not be familiar with this portion of the Council meeting. Uh, Council cannot engage in discussion or debate until the appropriate time for Council discussion. However, over the comment or when the commenter has the podium, Council may ask staff to respond to a- to a concern or question posed by the public or to the- or to follow up with the speaker. But Council will not be Page 61 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. deliberating at this time with any individual speaker. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [01:46:19] Name is Yaser AbuDagga. I'm from Coralville and I'm originally from Gaza. I'm here to urge you- urge you to vote for the divestment resolution in front of you. Since the beginning of the genocidal war, er, more than 100 people of my extended family have been killed directly by bombs that we pay for by our tax money, not including those who died from hunger, uh, from diseases. Uh, just last week, my wife's 65- year-old aunt and her 6-year-old grandson, Mohammed were bombed into pieces while they were sleeping in- in the tent, which they were forced in because their home were destroyed. Every Palestinian is suffering at the hand of the Israeli Apartheid regime way before October 7. Uh, to describe the current situation in Gaza, I'm going to read a testimony from a decorated US army officer who worked at the so called humanitarian aid centers in Gaza, that they are running by the Israeli occupation forces, uh, which human rights groups are calling death traps. Um, American soldier, Anthony Aguilar, said about a boy 10-years-old Amir. "Amir is a frail child, barefooted, walked 12 kilometers, um, under the sun to reach the distribution point. He only received a handful of rice and lentil from me, and then he thanks me. And then he turned around to walk back home only to be killed by the Israeli soldiers with 40 other people that they were receiving aid." Uh, we need to do all what we can to make sure that we, the rest of the Palestinian children don't face the- the death of Mohammed and Amir, collectively. We can- we can change the- the facts on the ground, and we can, uh, do it the same way that we did, uh, in Apartheid, South Africa. Thank you. [01:48:21] Thank you. And we're going to go online to our first speaker. So we'll go online now. Welcome. Welcome. Yes. [01:48:37] Hello. [01:48:38] We can hear you. [01:48:39] All right. [01:48:41] Please state your name and city you're from, please. [01:48:44] My name is EJ Tanachi. I'm from Iowa City. And I'm here today to support immediate boycott companies in the genocide of Palestinians. More specifically, I'm here to dispel any notion that such measures as boycott are an unstrategic risk to take when it comes to protecting our Palestinian brothers and sisters. Page 62 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. I'm sure many of the Councilors support this measure in their hearts, and have been asking themselves as they show what the consequences might be in political comment that seeks to normalize genocide. Well, yesterday, August 4th, the Trump administration showed their hand and threatened to withhold FEMA disaster funding from cities that boycott Israeli companies. This blatant attempt to intimidate and bully cities into complicity in genocide was not only cowardly, it was also unconstitutional and should demonstrate to the Council that there is nothing to fear from a discretionary budget that [inaudible 01:49:35]. In fact, the Trump administration has already reversed course on these threats. They have been forced to rescind similar threat- similar funding freezes as they violate the 1974 Empowerment Control Act and generally lack the power to condition disaster relief to Congress. Even Congress cannot condition funding in the way that the administration is split. So fear of losing funding is not a reason. Add to this, the fact that boycotts are constitutionally protected free speech, and it should be clear that the intent of this administration is to make dissenters to Israel's genocide in Gaza afraid of taking action. I ask the Council to consider the risk not voting for this resolution in a climate that seeks to normalize and prevent genocide. A vote against this resolution or even a vote to delay is a vote to enact a hostile administration's policies for them because they do not have power nor the support to prevent people from demanding accountability through institutions such as this city. I'm asking us to break from this culture of fear by affirming the reality of what we see with our own eyes and the humanity of our Palestinian neighbors. [01:50:40] The two minutes are up. Thank you. All right. Welcome. [01:50:49] My name is Newman Abuissa and we've been here for two hours. Two children has been killed on average in the last two hours by our tax money. Since we voted on the- on January 2nd, seven month ago, and we voted for a resolution for ceasefire and for humanitarian aid, 5,000 more children died since then until now, and more people are dying today because of starvation. We vote- that resolution, there was a humanitarian aid. And I want to thank the Council members who voted for that humanitarian aid and ceasefire. And now we have- it's 3:00, 4:00 almost in the morning in Gaza, and many of the children are sleeping while hungry. They don't have enough food. They are bones and skin, and you can see their pictures. This is going back only six months, but I also go back since 2016, where the State of Iowa passed anti-BDS resolution. I- I lobbied our representatives not to vote for that resolution. And they said that if it is on the platform, they will not vote for it. I was on the platform committee, and we included that BIDS sentence in the platform for the Democratic Party. And it is there if you go and- and watch it or see it. And initially the Zionist were opposing to that. They stopped opposing it because every time they oppose it the discussion, it opens the discussion and people will get more aware of what's going on, and they stopped opposing it in the last few cycles. So I urge the- our council members, our representatives to stop investing and boycott all those companies who are causing the children to die, the women to die in Gaza. If we don't do it now, there will be more people dying in the future. And I really waiting for your vote and hope that it will be yes. Thank you. [01:52:53] Page 63 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Thank you. Thank you. We're going to go online to Logan, and respectfully, I'm going to ask people to hold their applause. Logan, welcome. [01:53:09] Hello, Bruce. I'm just gonna keep it very short. I just feel like that involvement or any possible future involvement with Israel and, uh, companies that fund the OF just doesn't seem to go with the attitudes of our- the attitudes of our community or what we stand for or represent and that I just want peace. And I want us to be on the side of peace, and that's all I'm really gonna say. Thank you. [01:53:44] Thank you. Welcome. Please state the name- your name and city you're from. [01:53:55] Hello. My name is Misha Dibuf Missuk and I'm from Iowa City. I'm here before today to urge you to vote in favor of this boycott resolution. I am an Iowa City Jewish person who lives here, and a value I hold close to my heart is Pikuach Nefesh. It's a principle in Judaism that states that saving a life is more important than any other commandment we're told to follow. Every life is a universe. We all have seen thousands of universes crumble before us these past two weeks- two years. It is vital that we do all we can as fellow human beings to end Israel's genocide of Palestinians. We cannot wait to act when just this Sunday alone, Israel killed 92 Palestinians in Gaza. Every day that we wait to act is another day of death and destruction. This resolution needs to be passed today so that we can commit to our city stated values of social, racial, and environmental justice. If this resolution fails to pass or gets delayed, then the message that you are sending to your constituents is that these values are conditional. Judaism to me is inseparable from collective justice. It is the beating in my chest that implores me to fight for a world we all know is possible, a world in which all of us are free. That world is closer now than ever. More and more people both within and outside the Jewish community, are waking up to the fact that what's happening in Palestine is a genocide. The needle is shifting and it's imperative that we join the wave of other cities who have passed similar legislation around the country. To quote Holocaust survivor and writer, Elie Wiesel, "We must always take a side. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor and never the tormented." So please help us take the stand as a city and pass this boycott resolution. Be on the side of the oppressed. Thank you. [01:55:48] Thank you. [01:55:50] Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [01:55:53] Hi, I'm Ezra Wright. I'm a resident of Iowa City. Uh, I'm here to support this resolution, boycotting entities complicit in genocide in Gaza. I'm Jewish. I've lived here for nearly six years. I'm a writer. When I first moved to Iowa City, I didn't know what to expect, and I was completely delighted to find myself in a Page 64 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 2025 (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. UNESCO City of Literature. I saw the recent news that the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from UNESCO citing the agency's recognition of Palestine and condemnation of Israeli atrocities in the Gaza strip. The city of Iowa City remains a UNESCO City of Literature despite this repulsive decision. According to the City of Literature executive director, a city needs to be part of a country that is a member of UNESCO for it to be designated, but then once you have the designation, that relationship is between the city and UNESCO. So what does Iowa City need to do to strengthen and maintain that relationship, that tie to the international literary community? It needs to align itself with the United Nations, not with Donald Trump. UNESCO has issued statements calling for the protection of Palestin- Palestinian heritage sites, educational institutions, and journalists. Throughout Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza, 110 official UNESCO heritage sites have been destroyed. Israel has attacked over 90% of Gaza schools and murdered over 200 journalists. In November of last year, the United Nations found Israel's warfare methods in Gaza consistent with genocide, including the use of starvation as a weapon of war. In September, 2024, even before this finding, the UN called on all member states to enact an arms embargo and sanctions against Israel. UN experts have called for boycott measures for all institutions to cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, withdrawing international support for what they term an economy of genocide. Iowa City's UNESCO status is a point of pride for this community. It represents more than literary aspirations. It represents a commitment to justice and equality the world over. If we are to remain worthy of this designation, even as the Trump administration sets fire to the bridges connecting us with the rest of humanity, then we have to demonstrate our principles tonight. Thank you. [01:57:52] Thank you. I am going to ask everyone to sign in because we need the correct spelling, uh, for public record. And again, ah, you won't lose your place in line if you go back there and get a sticker, and then you can just throw it in the basket. Thank you. Welcome. [01:58:09] Hi, my name is Clara Rinan. I live in Iowa City and I'm on the coordinating committee for the campaign to organize graduate students UE Local 896. I'm here tonight to urge you to vote yes on this resolution. Boycotts are embedded in the fiber of the United States. The first boycott was, uh, done by the First Continental Congress in 1774 to enact an embargo on trade with Great Britain. Voting with our dollar is one of our foundational American ideals. Genocide is also a part of America's history. In 1887, uh, during the census, there were 2,450 members of the Crow Nation being forced to live on a reservation in Montana. Due to neglect from the United States government and colonialization, a third of that population was dead by the 1890s, less than three years. It is our duty to right these wrongs and to do what we can to start making reparations. By voting yes to this resolution, you are affirming that Iowa City is voting on the right side of history. You will be voting to not invest in companies complicit in genocide. It is my sincere hope that this is the first step in working to make sure our resources are being used ethically and can eventually expand to purchasing and in particular, cutting ties with the company Caterpillar and Motorola. I understand that you are scared of blowback from the state and federal government. Boycotts aren't popular with people in positions of power precisely because they affect the bottom line, and we live in a capitalist country after all. So this is the time to choose whether you will Page 65 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. align yourself with Trump's administration and Kim Reynolds administration, or if you will stick with your constituents and stick with the people in front of you tonight and vote yes on this resolution. After all, if fear of the state government is what keeps you from acting, then what's even the point of local government in the first place? Thank you. [APPLAUSE] [02:00:03] Thank you. Welcome, please state your name and city you're from? [02:00:08] Hi, Dr. Hamdani, Iowa City. I'm here to urge you along with so many other residents of Iowa City and constituents of yours to pass this resolution and stand up against the genocide in Gaza and stand up against a violent and impressive Israeli regime. That should be enough of a reason to pass this on its own. If you need another, this regime is conducting untold violence daily on Palestinian people, is tied intrinsically to the regime here in America that is conducting untold violence on immigrants, on unhoused people, on everyone in this country. The IN and relationships with the United States is responsible for a vast amount of police and military training that happens in this country, and the IN is used as a testing bed for surveillance technology and other technology that comes into this country to oppress people. That should be enough of a reason. If you need another, this is a regime that is systematically killing and targeting queer and trans people, explicitly in a targeted bombing in Iran that killed 100 trans dissidents. This is the same fight for justice. This is the same fight for equality and oppression and self-determination. Please vote yes for this resolution. It's what your constituents want, and it's the right goddamn thing to do. [APPLAUSE] [02:01:53] Thank you. Welcome. [02:02:01] Uh, Monte, Iowa City, vote yes. It's the right thing to do. I save my time. [APPLAUSE] [02:02:07] Thank you. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from? [02:02:16] I'm Mono O'Day. [02:02:17] 1 save my time- I save my time to the next speaker [02:02:21] Yes- yes. It's still running, and then she'll get two minutes. [02:02:28] Page 66 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. Um, my name is Mono O'Day from North Liberty, Iowa, um, Palestinian from the West Bank. And there's much to say, or rather, at this point to scream out. Though really, how much more can anyone say? How much more evidence do our eyeballs need? For how much longer do we allow our ears to be deceived by lies, even though our eyes bear witness to my people's genocide, bearing witness since October, 2023. But a Palestinians eyes and ears have borne witness to their serial mass murder and lanced theft since the Nakba of 1948. So must I stand here and still explain what a Nakba is? The compil- compilation of the following words have remained in a Palestinians heart in the past, in the present. And I hope by God, not in the future, just no more in the future. A poem by a Palestinian. "I wish children didn't die. I wish they would be temporarily elevated to the skies until the war ends. Then they would return home safe, and when their parents would ask them, 'Where were you?' They would say, 'We were playing in the clouds."' I will read a statement by the same Palestinian. "I will keep fighting to regain the homeland because it is my only right past and future, because I have a tree, a cloud, a shadow, a burning sun, clouds that reign lushly, and roots, roots deep that resist the uprooting." This Palestinian, his name is Ghassan Kanafani. He was born on April 9th, 1936, in Akko, Acre sub -district Mandatory Palestine. He was assassinated by Israel, July 8th, 1972, Beirut, Lebanon. So these words remain. And I will finish with this statement. He says, also, "It is not important that a man dies before realizing his noble idea, but it is important that he finds himself a noble idea before he dies." Must I explain who Ghassan Kanafani is? By Allah, by God, will there be a Palestine left to explain my people's history, who we are? At the speedy rate this genocide is going, I will say that at times the word extinction comes to mind, but it cannot be, right? [02:05:20] Thank you. [APPLAUSE] [02:05:24] Welcome. Please state your name and the city you're from. [02:05:27] My name is Samantha Brotman. I'm from Iowa City. And I'm speaking to you tonight as a Jewish, Iowa citian as a mother, imploring you to vote in favor of this resolution. I've watched in horror and heartbreak over the past two years as Israel has committed genocide with my tax dollars and in my name as a Jewish person. The rest of the world is witnessing this genocide, too, and history will not be kind to those of us who stay silent or worse condone it. And what's more, for many who do not live among Jewish community, this carnage may be all they have to associate with Judaism. This association between Israel, which is a foreign country, we have to remember, and Jewish people always has been and continues to be deliberately and meticulously manufactured and reinforced. This association makes Jewish people, makes me, makes my family, makes my son less safe everywhere. I'm not alone in this thinking. Pole after pole is showing that Jewish attitudes towards Israel are changing, along with the rest of this country. I know this from my own family and my own community, and the data bears it out. Councilors, this resolution is a direct principled material expression of our stated values as a city, and the courage to stick to those values is good governance. A yes vote will reinforce your integrity and your credibility with your constituents who are craving courageous leadership in this moment. I hear Page 67 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. concerns about backlash from the state, but let's not preemptively acquiesce to fascism. If we want our city to be a moral leader in this time, in a city, and our country slipping into fascism, uh, we need to lead. Let's not let fear dictate our integrity. Omar Al Akkad said, "One day when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will always have been against this." Please vote yes. Thank you. [APPLAUSE] [02:07:30] Thank you. [02:07:34] Welcome, please state your name and city you're from? [02:07:36] Good eve- good evening. Uh, my name is Ima Fife. I am a Palestinian American. I live in Iowa City. The genocide in Palestine must stop. The starvation campaign must stop. The erasure of a whole people must stop. This resolution in front of you is a powerful statement about how this government body in this city, in this state, with support from many residents across multiple identities, believes in the power of a non-violent intervention that calls to account the Israeli state as the perpetrator of the current violence in Gaza. This resolution is in line with the tenets of the Palestinian boycott divestment and sanctions or BIDS movement. Well, the most important points of BIDS is that it connects the Palestinian liberation struggle with ending complicity internationally. Israel is being shielded from accountability, and the occupation of Palestine cannot end without ending these link- links of complicity. Cities, states, corporations, institutions, and people of conscience must lead this change. Today in Iowa City, we end our complicity. Why should you support this resolution? Because BIDS movements work. They have worked across the world in achieving liberation. One clear indication that BIDS works is the significant increase in anti -BIDS laws across the United States. If something doesn't work, why do we have to ban it? Those that enact these laws understand that BIDS, as a non-violent movement is incredibly powerful and capable of bringing down oppressive regimes. Anti-BDS legislation is a template to be used to repress other freedoms, as we have seen in this state and across the United States. BIDS is also a grassroots people's movement that demands justice, and as such, it connects movements of liberation globally. So vote your conscience. Continuing to put resources towards a state that killed will not stop the killing, I will increase it. This resolution is an active act of resistance, resistance to Apartheid, genocide and starvation in Palestine, and an act of solidarity with Palestinian civil society. It's also a promise to all of us here that you care about our own communities and our collective liberation. Thank you. [APPLAUSE] [02:09:49] Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [02:09:53] My name is Ash Fell. I live here in Iowa City. I'm here to, uh, speak on behalf of County Supervisor Mandi Remington. Uh, and I quote, "As both a constituent and a fellow elected official, I want to express my strong support for this resolution. I ask that you lead here and pass it, knowing that if standing up for Page 68 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. human rights in a real and meaningful way brings challenges, I, along with many others, will be proud to stand in solidarity and offer my support however I can." That's all. [APPLAUSE] [02:10:25] Thank you. Welcome. [02:10:30] Hi. My name is Assam Asaba. I'm from Coralville. Um, and I'm a Palestinian Israeli American citizen, and I would like to speak in support of the Boycott resolution. Before I start, however, I would like to thank you the city council members for your courage and commend you, uh, for having, uh, the conviction to be one of the leaders and early adopters of the Ceasefire Resolution in January 24. It showed your commitment to the principles of peace, justice, and equal rights for all. Now, I urge you to vote your conscience and support the Boycott investment, uh, of investments resolution. As y'all know, Israel has been waging this atrocious war against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip for almost two years, and it has claimed more than 60,000 lives and injured more than 140,000 people. Therefore, it is not only the logical and reasonable thing to do, but more importantly, it's the principal- principled and moral thing to do to call for a boycott of investments that support the genocidal campaign that is waged by the state of Israel. Such a resolution should not be based on questions or statements like, why should we do this, or what is it- what's in it for us? Or some of our voters are not in favor of this or something else. Rather, it's simply, uh, should be a matter of principle, a place like Iowa City, an open and inclusive community, a community that is a leader on many issues with a strategic plan that values racial equality, social justice, and human rights. Cannot exclude Palestine from its agenda. We either hold these principles and believe in them or we don't. We cannot pick and choose the issues that we support, especially if they belong to the same fundamental belief system that we all subscribe to. I doing the principal thing- [02:12:31] Thank you. [02:12:32] Thank you. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [02:12:40] Hi, I am Beatrice Ash Harper. I am from Iowa City, and I just want to say, I am 10-years-old. I'm still doing this. I have- I'm super scared right now [LAUGHTER] I don't care. This is the right thing to do, isn't it? [02:12:59] Thank you. [02:13:06] My name is Renee Harper. I moved to Iowa City 25 years ago, um, and I think a lot of people who experience any kind of marginalization understand how all of our different struggles are connected. As a Page 69 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. resident of the city who is queer in all the ways and as a parent of a kid who I want to grow up with freedom and protection from harm, the adoption of this resolution would make me feel much safer in knowing that I have local leaders courageous enough to uphold our city's values of social justice and human rights especially as our federal government ignores international law, enables and bankrolls genocide and is rapidly escalating attacks on all marginalized people in the US. And we saw that in Cedar Rapids today. This resolution is a signal that we are a city that will not tolerate the act of harm being perpetuated by our state and federal governments, not against our own residents and not against people anywhere. Silence and compliance in the face of injustice and human rights violations will not keep vulnerable folks safe in Iowa City. The systems of oppression that are enabling and funding genocide in occupied Palestine are directly connected to the systems causing harm to us here. Your constituents want leadership who will act in alignment with the values that we claim to uphold in Iowa City. That means ending our complicity in genocide as much as we possibly can and that means voting yes. [02:14:35] Thank you [APPLAUSE]. [02:14:40] Welcome. [02:14:41] Good evening. My name is Casey Harwood. I'm a resident of Iowa City. Uh, councilor you've heard the word genocide a lot tonight. And for good reason, the world's leading genocide scholars, humanitarian organizations and 16 signatory nations to the Genocide Convention have all substantiated that claim. In the face of mounting evidence, uh, ignoring it is not healthy skepticism it's simply bigotry. But I want to take the ridiculous step of setting aside that word genocide for a moment, look behind it and focus on the idea of apartheid because that is the foundation on which this genocide has been built. It's predated October 7th and it will continue after the bombs stop falling unless we do something about it. For context, I want to read for you the Article 3 of the International Convention on the elimination of Racial discrimination or CERD which states states parties particularly condemn racial segregation and apartheid and undertake to prevent, prohibit, and eradicate all practices of this nature. And now, an excerpt from the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion from last year. The court considers that Israel's legislation and measures constitute a breach of Article 3 of the CERD. So don't take it from me. Take it from the world's highest court. Whether it's the 10,000 plus Palestinians imprisoned without due process, the historic acceleration of illegal annexation and settlement expansion or the restrictions on Palestinian speech, movement, land, and livelihoods, it's systemic. It is apartheid, I always has been, and we endorse it with every dollar that we invest in its ventures. So we're asking you simply boycott. I'm overjoyed that right now the city has no direct investments, but that's simply a happy accident and not a product of intentions. So it's time that we codify this- this policy. You have the resolution before you. We've brought the willpower. We all see the evidence. Commit that our city will not profit from further genocide, human suffering, or apartheid. Thank you [APPLAUSE]. Page 70 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:16:42] Thank you. Welcome. [02:16:47] Hello. My name is Nathaniel Sage. And the genocide in Gaza is the worst indignation of humanity I have witnessed in my lifetime. Um, as the years have progressed and I've learned more- more about the history of Gaza and the Nakba and the modern methods of genocide that are being employed by the Israeli government, um, what I have seen and what I have heard haunts me to my core. It was only a few days ago that I saw a photograph of a woman who was holding her starving emaciated child over her back because, um, with, um, the child was wearing, um, a diaper that was made out of plastic bags because there are no supplies getting into this region. And I will never, ever forget that. I will never, ever forget what I have seen of this. And, um, I feel like as, you know, an American citizen, I bear at least one atom of complicity, uh, in this because I, um, I bear at least one atom of complicity in this. So I feel like I have to say something. Um, I have to say something. And so what I'm asking you is the bare minimum commitment to boycott and divestment which I think you can do, and I- I hope you will do that. Thank you. [02:18:30] Thank you. Will you please state your the city you're from for the record? [02:18:33] Oh, North Liberty. [02:18:35] Thank you. Welcome, please state your name and city you're from. [02:18:40] Hi, Brian Grizlak, Iowa City. Um, I'm going to echo what a previous speaker said. Um, I support the boycott resolution and I'm here to tell you that, uh, not just some of us, but the genocide scholars have arrived at a consensus that this is not a war, that this is a genocide. So just a few names Taner Achum Miriam Hirsch, Michael Rothberg, Omer Bartov, Amos Goldberg, Daniel Batsman, Ros Segal, are just a few of the internationally renowned scholars of genocide in history who have declared Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide. They join other organizations like Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Israeli physicians for Human Rights, Betselem in 16 countries who supported the formal case brought against Israel in the world Court. Those who continue to deny these charges are quickly running out of credibility, if there was any to begin with. And for one simple reason, there- there isn't any credible denial left. Um, this is not- it's clear this is not a war. Like I said, this is the genocide of an indigenous population, and we pay for it for every person killed by the IDF, there's an eight out of ten chance that US supplied hardware was used. The share of military aid for Israel from Iowa City, in the last year alone is more than $4 million if you do the calculations. This boycott resolution promises that we won't voluntarily support these crimes with our public funds. Again, I urge you to support the resolution. Thank you. Page 71 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:20:26] Thank you [APPLAUSE]. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [02:20:36] Brian Norris, Iowa City. Education is the way that most of us improve both our own lives and the lives of our communities. That's why over 30,000 students are enrolled at the University of Iowa, why there are almost 3,000 faculty and over 10,000 employees throughout the university systems here in Iowa City. So what would we do without that university? How many of those 43,000 or so people would have made the decision to transplant their lives here without the university? I speak as one of those people who did that. And I think it's our responsibility as a city who is often pushing forward, using that education and leading the rest of the cities in Iowa to continue that trajectory. The destruction of the education system in Gaza has been particularly devastating with 90% of the schools having been damaged or destroyed, all 12 universities destroyed or damaged to enough to be inoperable and 12,000 students dead, almost 500 educators murdered, and over 600,000 students unable to access their education. For those keeping track of numbers coming from the smallest strip of land, if the same were happened to the state of Iowa, we do not have enough students currently enrolled in both our public and private education systems to even match the amount of people who've been shut out of their education. We currently have about 500,000. So I'm coming here to ask you to support the resolution as it has been stated before that we are the direct funders of this over 70% of the munitions that Israel use come from the US, including the Iowa Army munition plant that is here in Iowa in our backyard. And for those of you who are worried about that state reprisal, I will echo what the people said earlier. You can fight back, you can stand up. We just saw that on a federal level where when you stand up, they back down. Thank you. [02:22:44] Thank you [APPLAUSE]. Welcome, please [02:22:49] state your name and city you're from. [02:22:51] My name is Noel Vann Bosch and I'm from Iowa City, Iowa. Councilwoman Alter, I'd like to speak to you directly. So I met you at the Farmers' market maybe a couple of months ago. You were out there asking people to sign their names so that your name could be on the ballot this upcoming election to reelect you as a council person. And I asked you about your thoughts on Palestine and what your stance was. And you said, back when the Cease Fire Resolution was passed, you didn't support it, and you gave your reasons why. And then you followed up and said that you had changed your mind at this point, that what you saw was wrong and it was a genocide. And so I'm asking you today to vote yes, because we can't change the decisions that we've made in the past, but we can make new decisions today. Thank you [APPLAUSE]. Page 72 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:23:38] Thank you. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [02:23:54] Hello. My name is John Gab. I'm from Iowa City. And I just want to express how important it is that when we have the power to do something about a genocide that is happening on the other side of the globe, that we take that power and use our actions to the best that we can. Some might have the idea of what does it matter to us in Iowa City. But it is of extreme importance to us in Iowa City. Not only do we have our community here in Iowa City, but we are part of a broader global community. And if we have the power to do something even at even at the smallest level possible, even at a symbolic level, we should take that step because with those symbols, with our own support, we can change the minds of people and we can -we can put that forward to bring about change. And even though it might seem like it does not affect us, it truly does. And if we have the power to help those who are being killed, those who are in need of anything, we should give it to them. That is all I have to say. Thank you. [02:25:10] Thank you. And we're on to our last speaker. Welcome. Please state your name and city you're from. [02:25:17] Rebecca Burgess and I live in University Heights. [02:25:20] That comes now, yes. [02:25:22] Farther. Um, you've heard it all. There's nothing more to add. You've seen the pictures. You know this is terrible and it's up to you to do the right thing and do what you can. Thank you. [02:25:35] Thank you [APPLAUSE]. Thanks to everyone that have come and spoken, thanks to everyone that wanted to speak and actually gave you the opportunity for others to speak on your behalf. Um, gonna turn it over to Council discussion at this time. [02:25:54] 1 don't want everybody to speak at once. [02:26:09] Um, I just want to thank. Firstly, I want to thank all the community members for coming here and speaking tonight, and I want to thank all of those people who, um, very quickly after I arrived on Council, reached out and expressed their, um, deep commitment and desire to do something like this and to have us be one of the first United States cities to do this. And I want to explain why I think that's really important. It's because, like what some other counselor or some other speakers have said, this wouldn't Page 73 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. be able to have taken place with our tax dollars, our money. We don't have a lot of control locally about what the state does with our money, what the federal government does with our money, but we do have a little bit of control and that can come in the form of boycott divestment, um, even purchases at times. This resolution would make us be part of an initial effort in the United States, something that's unprecedented. You see lots of unprecedented things happening right now, countries that I never thought in my lifetime I would see coming out and saying, seeing the writing on the wall and saying that this is not something that they can be seen supporting, um, Canada, France, the UK, even Germany. And what's so important about the United States and I want to say that again, what differs this from other people say why this conflict. There's terrible things happening all over the world. Um, I want to reiterate that this could not be happening without the United States. Like others have said, 70% of munitions use come from the United States. We give them billions and billions and billions of dollars to carry out this mass slaughter, this ethnic cleansing genocide. And since the moment I was a teenager and happened to come across Edward Said in the library, you know, I- I it's been something that's weighed on my mind for so long. And to get to a point right now, why did it have to take this to get here? Why did it have to take this level of cruelty to get here? But we are here in a way that I'm at least happy for that. Where the world is starting to get a good look at what's happening. They're starting to change their tune. They're starting to see the writing on the wall. They're starting to not be able to support this anymore. And the old excuses and the lies just aren't working like they used to. And that really scares these people that want this slaughter to continue which is why when something like a boycott comes up, um, the financial aspect of this, they could not do what they're doing without the billions and billions of dollars. And I'm not under any delusion that Iowa City is going to be the swing, the factor that's going to stop the slaughter. But it started with, I believe, Riverside, California and then it went to Richmond, California, and then went to Portland, Maine, and then went to Belfast, Maine, and then went to Dearborn, Michigan. And now it could come to Iowa City. We could be we have such a chance. Back people asked approached the city Council in the late'80s to do this when it came to apartheid South Africa, and we never did it as a city. I would love to be able to look back and say, we were a leader. I would have such pride in Iowa City that we were a leader when it comes to doing the right thing in the face of adversity. I want to be able to, you know, if I have kids, I want to be able to tell them that Iowa City has done something like this in the past. [02:30:52] And it's gonna have a hard time getting through this. Um, apologies, everybody. One of the whereases that I can't get out of my head is that the amount of, um, children who've been killed, it surpasses all of the children enrolled in the greater Iowa City School District. It's gonna be really hard for me to continue, so I'll let some other people talk, but I just wanna say, you know, we're in a time in the world that's filled with cruelty and fear here and abroad, but we can act with hope and dignity right now. [APPLAUSE] I'll open it up to other councilors. Thank you. [LAUGHTER] [02:32:21] Thank you, Oliver. [02:32:27] Page 74 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. I just wanna say thank you to Oliver for leading this. Thank you to all of you for coming here today. Um, when we passed this ceasefire resolution, I just wanna own my level of ignorance at the time with the reality of the atrocities that were happening in Gaza. And that was, um, an opportunity for me to open my eyes and stop looking away. I think, Beatrice, um, thank you for your bravery. Thank you, all of you for your bravery, but I think you said it very well, of, you know, it's the right thing to do. Um, when we are scared, when we think this might not be the most relevant thing we could do, and we think this might- we- we've heard all the possible excuses, but what I'm hearing tonight, what I'm feeling tonight is that there is hope for the power of people coming together. When we think about the power that this resolution is pushing back against, it is some of the most violent, greatest, deepest power in the history of the world. And yet this room is filled with people who, as far as I know, unanimously support doing what we can to say no. This is not who we are. These are not our values. And someone told me once that when you're leading at the front edge, you might get your head cut off. And you are paving the way, building the way, leading the way for everyone else who can look around and say, Oh, well, if Iowa City did that, maybe that makes sense for us, too. So thank you for your leadership. Thank you for everyone speaking tonight and for all the work of Mayor Teague and Mayor Pro Tern Salih and all those meetings with community members and hearing so many different voices to come to this version of this resolution. [02:34:35] Okay. I just wanna say thanks to those who worked on it. And thanks to those who reached out to me directly and said, let's talk about this, um, and walked me through their intentions and what they wanted. And thanks to those who came tonight and clearly spoke their minds, but it was kind, and thoughtful, um, it was heart wrenching to hear it, but it was also, um, I think, er, a- a display of civility and- and asking for something. So, um, thanks again to those who- who, um, were persistent but always open to changing minds. [02:35:22] I'll just piggyback on what you're saying. First of all, um, thank you for all of your voices. Um, this kind of input and the perspective is incredibly important and moving, and moving not just on an emotional level, but as others, uh, on council have said, um, moving, perhaps, not perhaps, moving in the right direction. Um, these are the kinds of voices that, um, your voices and others in the community who've reached out and talked to me in, um, previous months, um, but yeah, I mean, one of the things that we need to do as leaders is, um, understand better, listen more, um, and evolve, right? So, um, you know, I- I just appreciate everyone's voices. Um, and I've- I do appreciate very much on council that the work has been done. This is going to sound so small or inappropriate in this, but I- I wanna take this opportunity to encourage council to continue to follow in our own way, a more transparent process that I will say allows all of us, not just us, but all of us more time to react and to provide input and to help contribute. Um, just in a- a point of the way that, um, we function, I know that open meeting laws make this incredibly difficult to do, but it's not insurmountable. So I do have to admit a little bit of frustration. I knew that this had been initial conversations. We had conversations either in May or June, not long after you had been on. And then we didn't, you know, you had things- we all have our lives. But the first time that I knew that this was actually- had been brought back up was through the thousands of spam Page 75 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August S, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. emails that were coming through. And, um, the first time that I saw the resolution, along with all of us, as the mayor said, as well, was the la- the actual language just last night. So I implore council, all of us, I know this is all from good intentions and hard work. But if we can move forward in a way to try to be more transparent and to be more collaborative, I would really, really appreciate that. And- and I know that I said that this sounds, you know, small, except that I think it actually does point to so much of what has been brought up about the importance of what government can be and what it should be. And so I feel that we want to continue to build trust within our community and, um, our commitment to good communication with one another, as well as with the public and you with us, and thank you for coming here. Um, these are really, really important parts of the equation when in so many other regards, our government isn't serving us. And I know that we are not perfect Iowa City and beyond, but especially, you know, it's just a reality. We- we're humans, too. Our process isn't perfect, but we should always strive to- to do the best that we can. And so I just want to encourage council that particularly when there's any- any situation, but if there's a way that we can make it more collaborative and more open so that, um, perhaps there can be some- some more discussion, um, so that we can all feel that we've - we've been a part of this. Um, I would greatly appreciate it, but I don't want any of that to actually overshadow the fact of thank you for your voices. And, um, I think my point in bringing it up was to say, and that's one of the commitments also that we can bring to you. So thank you. [02:39:20] Thank you. [02:39:21] Thank you. I think starting off with gratitude is the perfect way, and so again, let me echo that. Um, thank you to everybody that spoke tonight. Thank you to the many people that are in this room that I've spoken with over the last week or so. Uh, time sort of blurs together these days, it seems like. Um, thank you to people that aren't in the room that have, uh, have given me their thoughts, their ideas, their perspectives, um, on this issue. Uh, I'll even thank some people that, uh, that didn't speak to directly, but spoke to me. Um, I'm just going to, you know, if you haven't read Jose Alvarez's recent Op -Ed in the New York Times, I would very much recommend that because I think that's something that's been living in my brain was he discussed, um, the genocidal mass starvation that's going on right now. Um, I think in this moment, uh, I absolutely agree. We, you know, standing up, uh, and making a statement, um, that these, uh, these genocidal things are just- they're wrong, and we don't agree with that. A hundred percent I agree. One of the things, uh, that I have been struggling with, and I want to make sure that making this decision, we're all making this decision with our eyes wide open. And I'm going to preface this with saying that I'm inclined to support this resolution. Uh, but I don't want to- I don't think we should do that and disregard, um, some of the impacts could come, uh, from when we talk about, uh, ways that we could have impacts to state and federal funding, absolutely right. Uh, there's- there's a time, place, and way to stand up to it, and I think we're going to do that. Um, but let's- let's be clear. The- the threat was, uh, these impacts weren't to me. They're to the most vulnerable here in our community. So as you have come here tonight very rightly and called us to action, I'm going to go ahead and call everybody here and everybody in our community to be ready if we do have to fight back against that. Um, not for my benefit, uh, but for the benefit of the people that rely on the program. We talk Page 76 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. about funds. We're actually talking about people. We're talking about, uh, any number of things we do to help the most vulnerable in our community. And so, uh, uh, I- I- I agree. I think it's time. Happy to stand up. I'm happy to vote for this, but I would like to call- uh, call us out and keep us aware that we - we want to go into this with our eyes wide open, um, that we are taking some level of risk. Now, that said, um, the resolution that we did get to see last night and I echo the concerns about, you know, the community should see things in more than 24 hours, but I think has done a nice job. Let me also give compliments, uh, as well as a bit of criticism. Has done a nice job of, uh, mitigating, uh, risk and taking the approach, uh, that- that it's pretty well worded. And I think I feel more comfortable. When I- when I actually got a chance to read it last night, I- I felt much more comfortable with that than I had with some of the earlier stuff. Again, agree completely with, uh, condemning, uh, the genocide, uh, and the genocidal tactics of the Netanyahu regime, uh, but so that's my, like, sort of piggybacking off of what Councilor Alter said, um, but also, you know, credit where due. I think we ended up with something that I- I could feel comfortable, um, you know, that- that cuts that- that cuts the- threads the needle well enough. I think that the, um, uh, the- the benefits or the- the statement outweighs the risks, uh, but with that said, if, uh, you know, we may have to call on you to help support us in- in the city, and not us on the Council, but us as in the members of our community that need our help and always need our help and attention. So that's my thoughts on that. [02:42:57] Um, I would also like to thank our staff and particularly Kelly for so last minute. [LAUGHTER] You beat the buzzer on that one. So thank you so much, um, for putting up with our, um, with something like this. I think, you know, I do hear 100%, um, and, uh, I- I feel like this is definitely, like, as you said, going forward up, a way to growing when we tackle things as important as this, you know, we can find better ways to bring everybody to the table, um, especially councilors like this. Um, and I think so much communication was happening. That's why it took tell the bell, you know, to make sure we had the best possible product. Um, so yeah, thank you to the staff as well. [02:43:45] Yeah, thank you for everyone who showed up today. This is amazing. As a Muslim woman from Sudan, I grew up hearing about Palestine and seeing it in the news since as- I- I was a child. I have seen images and- and hearing stories on the news. At that time, there is no social media, but the TV all the time we watch what's happening on the news in Gaza. I was seeing of Palestine family losing their homes, their loved ones, and their children. The pain- that pain has been a part of my awareness for as long as I can remember. And I now not alone. Many in our community carry the same pain and have waited for years for their voice to be heard. Tonight, at the city council, and somebody maybe have a board now, I wanted to say we can no longer look away. We cannot keep saying, maybe later. Iowa City must show that we stand for human right, for all people everywhere. In my work outside of the council, I support family who came here searching for safety, people who had to leave everything behind, not because they want to, but because they had no choice. Their stories remind me how deeply interconnected our struggle are. I know that many of us are devastated by what happened in Gaza, and I'm- I'm grateful to those of you who continue to raise awareness, not only about Palestine. There is many other also, but the most important right now, really, is what's going on there. That nobody can imagine like every single Page 77 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August S, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. hours children are dying. You almost must be crying, council, why not? When you just compare how many children has been killed if I compare them to the Iowa City Public School. [02:46:24] The resolution before us might not be every- everything we dream of, but it is a step- a step toward justice, toward dignity, toward recognition that Palestine people deserve a future, a future with peace, with safety and with hope. I want to again hold everyone else to thank everybody who bring this before us and help make it move forward, and encourage and I ask my fellow council member, please join me in voting yes tonight at Enamasi. Let us show the world- the world that IOSCT use to stand on the right side of history. Thank you. [02:47:38] So tonight is a resolution that is rooted really in our community values of what we really stand for, which is peace, justice, dignity for every human. And what I see in this room is love. That's what we stand for. This resolution does call for the city of Iowa City to boycott public investments and entities compli- complicit in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, including that assistance and the oppression of the Palestinian people. I have no issues calling it what it is. Is genocide. And that does not make me antisemitic. At all. I want to start with some gratitudes, as well to all the folks that are one - everyone in this room, um, really appreciate you all for showing up for all the voices that reached out, um, through email, through calls, through one on one conversations. Um, of course, we had the- let's not, you know, um, be unrealistic. There are other points of view as to what we're doing today. Absolutely. And I will say to those individuals that in this moment, we must call it what it is, what we're seeing. Lives are being killed. Children. In the resolution, it says, since October 7, 2023, over 60,000 Palestinians, including more than 17,000 children have been killed, and more than 146,000 have been wounded. Two million people are facing imminent famine and complete devastation. Now, I don't know about you, but this is serious. This is continuing to happen. And so, to all the ones that, um, have shared your perspective, your grief and your hope. I- in hope of us doing this resolution tonight, I really appreciate all of that- all of you. I especially want to appreciate those that were participating in drafting this. Um, it's an interesting experience, uh, once again that we had where it was varying opinions in this room. Um, I always tell you that no one really got everything that they wanted to see in this resolution. And that's because people came together to have a conversation. And they expressed themselves and their points of view. And I believe that everyone did a great job at listening and settling on some language that they can be comfortable with without compromising their firm beliefs. And so to all of them, I wish to say thank you to them as well that was in the room. Um, and, you know, I'm going to give a shout out. I know he's in Washington, DC. Um, but thank you because you were really helping leave- lead this along as Ucheci. Uh, thank you. Um, and there's, um, you know, I'll get in trouble if I start doing names. But thank you to everyone that really participated in that- um, in those discussions. Our city has already taken a stand on the ceasefire, and, you know, words alone aren't enough. We know that. This resolution actually brought up a lot of conversation for me that I clearly expressed to everyone and the role of being a decision maker. Um, there's a lot of lenses that we have to look through, considerations that we Page 78 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:52:05] have to take into, um, consideration. [02:52:10] And boy, did I share all of that with y'all? Um, but I wanted to really, um, let you all have a moment of the- the things that I must consider for the well being of our entire community. I want to say thanks for allowing me to express those. Yes, some were fears, um, that can be realities. So may not come into reality, which I totally hope, um, but again, I- I really appreciate those opportunities. It also brought up the word boycott, brought up personal things for me, and I'm going to say it one more time. Um, I mean, I am African American. I'm Black. And I heard a commenter that came up and spoke and said, you know, these oppressions, um, even though I'm not Palestinian and, you know, we have similarities. I'm openly gay. We have some similarities. And what- what really brought this, uh, to a real reality for me. When we think about the apartheid into South Africa. I am 49-years-old, and y'all better say I'm 23 if anybody ask. Um, but my dad was born in 1931, Bruce Teague, the second Junior, Bruce Teague junior. My grandfather, Bruce Teague the first was born in 1888. Not in the 1900s, 1888. And my great grandfather was born in 1850. He was 13-years-old when the emancipation proclamation happened. I am a descendant of real slaves that are not that far back. So when I think about the word boycott, I think about the experiences that we've had as a people, that this country got behind as I mean, from everywhere. It took a long time. Don't get me wrong, and we suffered a lot. And so as I began to sit with people and hear the stories, so thank you for all the stories, they made a difference. And it's unfortunate that it had to be the sad stories that really made the difference. So to the community tonight, we ask, and I ask you to continue to raise your voice, continue to send the emails, continue to make the calls, show up, let our elected officials know that you support this resolution. Um, this is a big deal, but it really is a thing about human rights. It's basic. I stand for human rights, in ways that just can't be compromised. And so, tonight, I will be supporting this. And I really appreciate, again, all of the work that went into this by everybody. And to those that aren't in this room tonight, to those that still want to make some comments, I welcome you to reach out. This city is a phenomenal, awesome and amazing city, and there is no other city that I would rather be in during these times than Iowa City. So with that, unless there are any more comments. [02:56:11] Let's vote. [02:56:13] We're going to vote. Roll call, please. Fergus. [02:56:17] Yes. [02:56:17] Harmsen. Page 79 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:56:18] Yes. [02:56:19] Moe? [02:56:19] Yes. [02:56:19] Sala? [02:56:20] Yes. [02:56:21] Teague. [02:56:21] Yes. [02:56:22] Weilein. [02:56:22] Yes. [02:56:23] Alter. [02:56:23] Yes. [02:56:24] Motion passes 7-0. I'm gonna ask you to refrain from flapping. Thank you all for coming- thank you all for coming. [02:56:46] Alright, what's next? [02:56:52] You got uh. Page 80 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:57:01] Thank you, and thank you, Newman. Thank you so much. Yes. [02:57:19] Vacancies. [02:57:21] Another hot topic. [02:57:47] Thank you. We are on to item number 12, which is announcement. [02:57:53] Before you do, maybe would you accept a motion to accept correspondence for 11 J? [02:57:59] Yes, could I get a motion to accept correspondence? [02:58:02] Move. Second. [02:58:04] For 11 J. Um, so move by. [02:58:08] Sala. [02:58:09] Sala. [02:58:10] Second Burger. [02:58:11] By Burgers. All in favor say aye. [02:58:14] Aye. [02:58:14] Any opposed? Motion passes 7-0. Item number 12 is announcements of vacancies new. 12 A. Page 81 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [02:58:23] It's hard to here. [02:58:24] Ye p. [02:58:24] We get them to shut the door? [02:58:25] Yes, then. Yeah. 12 A. Civil Service Commission one VAC it to fill a new member position upon appointment through April 4, 2027. Civil Service Commission one vacy to fill a new member position upon appointment through April 1, 2029, correspondence is included in the Council packet. Um, Library Board of Trustees, one fake city to fill an unexpired term upon appointment through June 30th, 2027. Correspondence included in the Council packet, as well. [02:58:57] Mayor,. [02:58:58] Applic. [02:58:58] There was as- I think you popped over HCDC10 vacancy. [02:59:03] In the middle.No. Here. [02:59:06] Thank you. Housing and Community Development Commission. One vacancy to fill an unexpired term upon appointment through June 30th, 2027. Correspondence included in the Council packet. I think I have read all four. Applications must be received by 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Could I get a motion to accept correspondence? [02:59:29] So moved Wylin. [02:59:31] Second, for good. [02:59:32] Page 82 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August 5, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. All in favor say aye. [02:59:34] Aye- Aye. [02:59:35] Any opposed? Motion passes 7-0. Item number 13, announcements of vacancies previous 13 A, Community Police Review Board one vacancy to fill an unexpired term. Upon, um- and then applications would be- must be received by 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 1st. I can't be right. Yeah. [02:59:58] It was, and then we deferred it. So it'll be on the 19th, and I'm assuming we would just his indefinitely. Eric, I'm looking at you. [03:00:07] Yes. [03:00:08] Yes. [03:00:09] Okay. Yes. So, Tuesday July 1, 2025 appointment has been deferred to the August 19, 2025 city Council meeting. Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment, one vacancy to fill a five year term, Airport Zoning Commission one vacy to fill a six year term. Board of Appeals HVAC Professional, one vacancy to fill unexpired term, Historic Preservation Commission Brown Street, one vacciy to fill a three year term, Historic Preservation Commission Jefferson Street, one vacancy to fill a three year term, Historic Preservation Commission Woodlawn Avenue, one vacancy to fill a three year term. Vacancies will remain open until filled. Item number 14, city Council information. Um, anything anyone want to update on right now? All right. [03:00:58] We're. [03:00:59] We'll go on to item number 15 reports on items from our city staff, City manager's office. City attorney's office? Nothing. Thank you. City clerk's office. Item number 16, can I get a motion to adjourn? [03:01:12] So moved. [03:01:13] Second. Page 83 Iowa City City Council Formal meeting of August S, 202S (audio and video recordings can be found at https:,[/citychannel4.com/city-council.html) This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription through Verbit: AI -Based Transcription & Captioning Services. For greater detail please refer to the meeting recordings. [03:01:13] Move by Alter seconded by Burgus. All in favor say Aye. [03:01:16] Aye. [03:01:17] Any opposed? [03:01:17] 1 just say that to you. [03:01:18] Motion passes 7-0. [03:01:21] Thank you. [03:01:22] Thank you so much. [03:01:22] Adjourned. Page 84