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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-06-30 Info Packet CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION PACKET CITY OF IOWA CITY June 30, 2003 www.icgov.or9 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS IP1 Tentative Future Meetings and Agendas IP2 Memorandum from Mayor: Scheduling of Staff Evaluations IP3 Memorandum from City Manager to All City Employees: City Hall Signage IP4 Email from Police Captain Johnson to City Manager: Request for Information "Brachial Notch" Pressure Point IP5 Letter from JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner Williams to Residents of Meadow Ridge Lane: On-Street Parking on Dubuque Street Frontage Road IP6 Memorandum from City Clerk to Board and Commission Staff: Submission of Board and Commission Minutes IP7 Letter to City Clerk from Pat Harney (JC Board of Supervisors): JC SEATS Paratransit Advisory Committee Representatives IP8 Email Article: Decision to Leave the GOP [Pfab] IP9 Email Article [WashTech]: White Collar Job Exodus to Increase, Panelists Warn IPlab] IP10 Final Minutes: April 15 Deer Task Force IPll Memorandum from Administrative Assistant: July 3 Information Packet  City Council Meeting Schedule and C,T¥ OF ~OW^ C~T~Work Session Agendas www.icgov.org I TENTATIVE FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS I · TUESDAY, JULY 1 Emma J. Harvat Hall 2:00p Special Formal Council Meeting · FRIDAY, JULY4 Independence Day Holiday - City Offices Closed · MONDAY, JULY 14 Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:30p Council Work Session · TUESDAY, JULY 15 Emma J. HarvatHall 7:00p Council Formal Meeting · WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 [School District Central Admin Office] 4:00p Special Council Work Session · Joint Meeting: Johnson County Supervisors, lC Schools, Cities of North Liberty and Coralville [Separate Agenda Posted] · MONDAY, AUGUST 18 Emma J. HarvatHall 6:30p Council Work Session · TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00p Council Formal Meeting · MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Labor Day Holiday - City Offices Closed · MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Emma J. Harvat Hall 6:30p Special Council Work Session · TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Emma J. Harvat Hall 7:00p Special Council Formal Meeting Meeting dates/times~opics subject to change FUTURE WORK SESSION ITEMS Regulation of Downtown Dumpsters Downtown Historic Preservation PCRB Peace Officer Representation Historic Preservation Issues City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: June 30, 2003 TO: City Council FROM: Mayor Ernie Lehman RE: Scheduling of staff evaluations I have asked that the agenda of July 1st include scheduling of staff evaluations. I'd like to schedule some time the week of July 7. Please review your calendars and come prepared to set a time. Steve Atkins IP3 From: Steve Atkins Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:38 AM To: *Ali City Employees Subject: Memo re: City Hall DATE: June 26, 2003 TO: All City Employees FROM: City Manager RE: City Hall Many of you may have noticed, and others may have not, the "Iowa City Civic Center" signage on the exterior of the building is now gone. The signage has been there for well over 40 years and, through aging, has lost its reflective value. Additionally, the monument signs in and around the building are also experiencing the same wear and tear. The former Civic Center signage will be replaced with a backlighted (similar to the City entrance signs) "Iowa City City Hall" sign that is smaller, a little less obstrusive, but lighted in order to provide our citizens and guests to Iowa City with a better indication of our City Hall. The monument sign at Washington/Gilbert will be replaced and a new one added at the corner of Van Buren/Washington. The existing small momument sign at the front entrance will be removed. We will also install a monument sign on Gilbert Street indicating the public entrance to the Fire Department. This project has been in the planning for some time, and I wanted to let you know that if there are items that need to be changed as far as reference to 410 E Washington Street, please refer to them now as the Iowa City City Hall. From: Matt Johnson Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:10 PM To: Steve Atkins Cc: RJ Winkelhake Subject: Request for information In the referenced case (incident # 3-24630), the officer referred to the "brachial notch" pressure point. This is most likely mislabeled, and is, in actuality, a reference to the jugular notch pressure point. This is one of nine pressure points identified in a curriculum called "Pressure Point Control Tactics", which is a sub-group of the Defensive Tactics curriculum. The Defensive Tactics curriculum, including pressure point, is taught at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy for basic (entry level) certification classes. In addition, this course of instruction is taught on a recurrent basis at our MATS classes. Most recently we covered Pressure Point Control at the 2002 and 2003 sessions. The classes are presented by a certified Defensive Tactics instructor. These tactics are most typically directed toward combative or physically resistive persons who are identified as actively resisting on our Use of Force model. They are minimally invasive and, if successful, cause a person to move away from a pressure stimulus in a direction desired by the officer. For example, if the officer desires that the person take a sitting position, the officer applies a pressure stimulus (most typically done with one or two fingers) to one of the identifiable pressure points. If successful, the person will move away from the stimulus in the direction of the seated position the officer desires the person to take. It is important to note that this technique is not, nor are any defensive tactics taught to officers of the Iowa City Police Department, "choke holds". The Department does not train, use, or allow choke holds, lateral vascular restraints, or tactics which target the areas which the aforementioned techniques, or similarly named techniques, do. I- IP5 June 26, 2°03 Residents of Meadow Ridge Lane ~a'~l~,~Cit'~ 0;~ Re: On-street parking on Dubuque Street frontage road F~a,,' Dear Meadow Ridge Lane Residents: Recently the City was contacted by several residents of Meadow Ridge Lane requesting us to investigate care parking on the old Dubuque Street frontage road south of Meadow Ridge Lane. We checked this location several times and found between 1 and 4 care parked on the east side of the frontage read at any given time. We also visited the location with the Iowa City Fire Marshal. The Fire Marshal has asked us to prohibit parking on both sides of the Dubuque Street frontage road so that the required 20' fire lane can be maintained. The Dubuque Street frontage road is 22' wide, so a car parked on-street restricts the ability of large emergency vehicle apparatus to access your neighborhood. We will be taking action at the July 15 City Council meeting to prohibit parking on both sides of the Dubuque Street frontage road. This action may have a side-effect that was unforeseen by the residents of Meadow Ridge Lane who requested us to investigate this matter, in that it may increase the number of care parked on-street on Meadow Ridge Lane. On-street parking is currently permitted on the entire length of Meadow Ridge Lane. City Ordinance 9-4- 4(C)(1) allows on-street parking on any public street in a residential zone where permitted for a period not to exceed 48 hours. I have indicated to several residents of Meadow Ridge Lane that this allows a person who may or may not be a resident of your street to park on Meadow Ridge Lane for up to 48 hours. Some Meadow Ridge Lane residents have asked if the vehicles parked along the Dubuque Street frontage road can be investigated since they do not appear to belong to local residents. The police department will not typically investigate a legally parked vehicle unless it is associated with suspicious activity. Any violation of the 48-hour storage rule should be reported to the police department's routine business number. It is possible to modify on-street parking on Meadow Ridge Lane, but this would require consensus of the neighborhood which would then have to be approved by the City Council. Such a modification, for example, to prohibit on-street parking on Meadow Ridge Lane, would then apply to all vehicles. In other words, if on-street parking is prohibited on Meadow Ridge Lane then local residents may not park there either. Let me know if you have any questions regarding this matter. I may also be contacted if there is a consensus within the neighborhood to pursue modifying on-street parking on Meadow Ridge Lane. If you have a problem with the 48-hour on-street storage rule, you should contact members of the city council as they would need to approve any modification to this city-wide ordinance. Sincerely, ^nissa Williams JCCOG Traffic Engineering Planner cc; Fire Chief Fire Marshal Police Captains Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development icco~t pIRrl~d-meadow.doc 410 EAST WASHINGTON STREET · IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240- 1826 · (319) 356-5000 · FAX (319) 356-5009 City of Iowa C!ty MEMOR DATE: October 17, 2002 TO: Board and Commission Staff~. FROM: Marian K. Kart, City Clerk ~ RE: Submission of Board and Commission Minutes At their October 7 work session, the City Council directed staff to provide minutes of all Board and Commission meetings within 21 days of that meeting. In many cases this would mean that "draft" minutes will be provided within the timeframe and "final/approved" minutes sent after the next Board or Commission meeting. All "draft" minutes will be provided in Council information packet. "Final/approved" minutes will be included in the consent calendar for official acceptance. "Draft" minutes are not necessary if a '¥inal" can be provided within the 21 days. Board and Commission staff will be responsible for sending the minutes to Lisa for the information packet and/or agenda. Only "final" minutes will be posted to the City website. Summary of New Procedure · Label minutes"draft" or"final," · Draft minutes: Send email word version to Lisa AND Barb. · Final minutes: Send email word version to Lisa AND Barb (All except Planning, Brenda will post final minutes per current procedure.) As a reminder, minutes should be formatted as outlined in the attached February 1997 memo. Attachment ors Document Services City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: January 20, 2000 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Marian K. Kart, City Clerk RE: Board and Commission Minutes In response to questions raised at last week's meeting I wanted to clarify the current procedure for distribution of minutes. At the request of Council a memo outlining the format for minutes and concerns regarding timeliness was prepared in February 1997 (copy attached). Staff is aware of the importance of minutes being received in a timely fashion as well as the necessity of receiving the minutes prior to any Council action. Cc: Boards & Commissions Deparh~ent Heads City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM Date: February 18, 1997 To: Board and Commission Staff From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk Re: Board and Commission Minutes At a recent City Council meeting the issue of Board and Commission minutes was discussed. As a result of that discussion I am requesting your assistance on two issues, format and timeliness. FORMAT Boards and Commissions should use similar format for minutes. The following is recommended: a. Members present b. Members absent c. Staff present d. Changes to minutes of previous meeting e. Recommendations to the City Council 1) items should be listed as separate agenda items to distinguish them from formal receipt and filing of minutes. 2) All recommendations should be accompanied by the appropriate staff report(s). Information pertaining to any altematives that were considered and the rationale for the recommendation should be included when appropriate. 3) When items come to t~e-City Council for which them is a designated Board or Commission those items should be referred to that Board or Commission and a report or comment back to City Council. f. Requests to the City Manager for Information or staff assistance g. List of matters pending Commission-Council disposition h. Summary of discussion and formal action(s) taken ?-.TIMELINESS Board and Commission minutes should be furnished to Council on a regular basis. Council has requested that minutes be submitted to them pdor to any Council action or discussion of items included in the minutes (i.e. recommendations to Council should be on the same agenda as the detailed minutes). They also stressed the importance of obtaining the minutes pdor to the holding of public hearings by that Board or Commission to enable Council Members the opportunity to attend. Please communicate this information to your minute taker or volunteer preparing your minutes, and call me with any questions you may have. cc: Department Heads City Council IP7 IJohnson County _tII% Pat Hamey, Chairperson Mike Lehman Terrence Neuzil Sally Stutsman Carol Thompson C3 ~ r,o "~ Fr'l June 19, 2003 Marian Karr City Clerk 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Dear Marian: During the formal meeting of the Board of Supervisors on June 19, 2003, the Board appointed two new representatives to serve on the Johnson County SEATS Paratransit Advisory Committee (Donna Abens and Armentris Johnson). Melvin Dvorsky and Doris Gerot resigned. Dave Purdy, William Gorman, Marc Rahe and Nancy Snider Overstreet were re-appointed as ex- officio members. I have enclosed for your reference an updated list of names and addresses of representatives on this committee. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call. Thank you. Sincerely. Pat Harney / Chairperson PH/jh Enclosure H:',Boards-CommissiomSEATS Paral ransit Advisory Committee\Lette~ to City Clerks 913 SOUTH DUBUQUE STREET, SUITE 201 IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240-4207 TEL: (319) 356-6000 FAX: (319) 356-6036 TERM TERM BEGINS EXPIRES Appointed by the Coralville Tom Gill (Replaced Henry Herwig) City Council July 1 June 30 City of Coralville Representative 2002 2004 $08 8th Avenue Coralville, Iowa 52241 Res: 351-4571 Nancy Ostrognai July 1 June 30 2003 Glendale Road 2002 2004 Iowa City, Iowa 52245 Res: 338-7690 Lyrme Stamus (Replaced Keith Ruff) July 1 June 30 2318 Russell Drive 2002 2004 Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Res: 354-1390 Dee Vanderhoef- Appointed by the Iowa City City July 1 June 30 City of Iowa City Representative Council 2002 2004 City of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Bus: 356-5000 Donna Abens (Replaced Melvin Dvorsky) July 1 June 30 3701 2nd Street 2003 2005 #39 Western Hills Trailer Court Coralville, Iowa 52241 Armentris Johnson (Replaced Doris Gerot) July 1 June 30 2242 - l0th Street, Apt. 1 2003 2005 Coralville, Iowa 52241 Res: 341-5995 Mike O'Donnell - Appointed by the Iowa City City July 1 June 30 City of Iowa City Representative Council 2003 2005 City of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Res: 356-5000 TERM TERM BEGINS EXPIRES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REPRESENTATIVES Pat Hamey Jan. 1 913 South Dubuque Street, Suite 20 ! 2002 Iowa City, Iowa 52240-4207 Bus: 356-6000 Mike Lehman Jan. 1 913 South Dubuque Street, Suite 201 2002 Iowa City, Iowa 52240-4207 Bus: 356-6000 EX-OFFICIO William Gorman July 1 June 30 1674 Polk Avenue NE 2003 2004 Solon, Iowa 52333 Res: 644-2140 Dave Purdy July 1 June 30 Elderly Services 2003 2004 28 South Linn Street Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Bus: 356-5217 Marc Rahe July 1 June 30 Goodwill Industries of SE Iowa 2003 2004 i 410 South First Avenue Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Bus: 337-4158 Nancy Snider Overstreet July 1 June 30 Goodwill Industries of SE Iowa 2003 2004 1410 South First Avenue Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Bus: 337-4158 IP8 Marian Karr From: Irvin Pfab [iplab@avalon.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 8:49 PM To: Iowa City City Council Subject: 62503fw..Statement of Senator Jeffords: National Press Club - Second Anniversary of Decision to Leave the GOP Statement of Senator Jeffords Second Anniversary of Decision to Leave the GOP - National Press Club - Two years ago, I was big news. I got to know many of you for the first time. I was followed in airports and recognized on the street. Network news people, who until then couldn't identify me as a Senator in a police line-up, were now calling my home number. Subsequent events put me back in my place: September llth, two wars, the space shuttle disaster and a worsening economy took back the nation's attention - as they should have done. Yet the reasons for my switch, while apparent to me then, have become painfully clear to me now. The events of the past two years have only heightened my concern over the President's veer to the right, and the poisoning of our democratic process of government. The promises of candidate Bush, who pledged to bring a new tone to Washington and packaged himself as a compassionate conservative, are unmet. On issue after issue the Bush Administration is not what it claims to be. Since coming into office, the President has dragged the Republican Party into short-sighted positions that maximize short-term gain while neglecting the long-term needs of families and the nation. Pundits asked after last November's election: will the President over-reach with his Republican majorities in the House and Senate? Well, President Bush hasn't just over-reached, he has set a new standard for extreme partisan politics that on many occasions has been supported by the Republican-controlled Congress. In place of thoughtful policy we now have superficial and cynical sound-bites. Instead of confronting pressing national problems, our President lands airplanes while Rome burns. While our troops search for W-M-D's in Iraq--we have found our own W-M-D's right here in Washington - at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They are President Bush's weapons of mass distortion, or better distraction. The Bush Administration says one thing and does another to take the focus off the present realities. Does he think we don't notice? In Iraq, we have seen the inexcusable results of what happens when the Bush Administration says one thing and does another. Last fall, the President said UN weapons inspectors would be allowed to do their job, but in reality, he didn't give them the time they needed. I am pleased to see calls for Congressional investigations to determine whether the President manipulated intelligence information to build support for the war. Why the hurry to invade a country and use military force in such an unprecedented manner? Where was the imminent threat to the United States? And where are the weapons of mass destruction? As he prepared to invade Iraq and win the support of other nations, the President promised the world that the US had a plan in place to rebuild that nation. But it quickly became apparent that there was no plan. While our military guarded the oilfields, we showed no compassion for the Iraqi people as we allowed their national treasures to be looted. Ail we see now is growing unrest with the US presence in Iraq. Every day we see more lawlessness, more upheaval and more US soldiers being killed. Is it any surprise that a recent Pell Research Center survey of 16,000 people from 20 nations shows a dramatic rise in distrust and skepticism toward the United States? Does he think we don't notice? His polls and famous advisors tell him to talk about compassion and job growth, and how he is helping Main Street. But that is all it is, talk. In reality he adopts hard right proposals that favor those who need help least and neglect those who need help the most. In reality we are now in the longest period of continued job loss since the Great Depression. Since the beginning of this Bush Ach~inistration, 2.7 million private sector jobs have been lost and the number of unemployed ~=mericans has increased by over 45 percent. In the first three months of this year alone, America has lost another half-million jobs. President Bush has said his tax plan is a "jobs growth package." But the only thing guaranteed to grow is the federal budget deficit. He says one thing and does another. Does he think we don't notice? We will be paying for his tax cuts with borrowed funds, money borrowed from our children and grandchildren who will be forced to foot the bill. And, according to reports, the Bush acLministration intends to ask for more tax cuts next year. The effect of these tax cuts will be enduring -- and enormously damaging. These tax cuts will widen the gap between rich and poor. These tax cuts help those who need it least and do nothing for those who need it most. These tax cuts provide a $90,000 tax cut for millionaires, while millions of parents with incomes under $26,000 will see no benefit from the increased child credit. This is compassion? Again, he says one thing and does another. Does he think we don't notice? President Bush is rashly piling up debt our nation can't afford even as he knows the really big bills are about to come due. The Congressional Budget Office forecasts a $300 billion deficit this fiscal year -- an all-time record. Some economists believe the deficit could approach $500 billion dollars in the near future. That's edging close to a troublingly high percentage of the economy. But the real problem is not this year or next. Rather, it's the long-term cost, combined with the budgetary hit coming just around the corner, when the baby boomers start to retire and put new huge demands on Social Security and Medicare. The administration highlighted this problem in its own budget documents, describing the real fiscal danger as the 18 trillion dollar shortfall -- yes, trillion with a "T .... projected in those two programs. At the same time, it was recently disclosed the Bush administration shelved a report commissioned by its own Treasury Department that shows the U.S. currently faces future budget deficits totaling at least $44 trillion. The Bush tax cut will threaten the country's long-term well-being by starving the federal government of revenue for essential services, such as homeland security, transportation infrastructure, education and health care. Our States are bearing the brunt of our dismal economic conditions, and these cuts will brutalize them. One of the most disturbing effects of the economic downturn is the lack of state and federal funding for our educational system - where States are laying off teachers, cutting school days and eliminating early childhood programs - most of which have only just started. The President's advisors tell him to endlessly repeat "No Child Left Behind." 2 But in the 17 months since that policy became law, we've seen something very different. Too many children are being left behind. President Bush says the new law will lead to stronger schools. I say it is all part of a quiet plan to starve our public schools so this country can move to vouchers and private school choice. As the President pushes tax cut after tax cut, his Administration still can not find the funding to fulfill the federal government's commitment to special education - where we still fall $12 billion short on a commitment we made to the States more than 25 years ago, to help them finance this federal constitutional mandate. According to school boards across the nation, the number one thing the federal government can do to support education is fully fund special ed. While pretending to have compassion for our schoolchildren~ the approach of No Child Left Behind is heartless. It chronically under-funds our schools, it sets unattainable goals for our teachers and it steals from schoolchildren the quality education they deserve. Once again, the Bush administration says one thing and does another. Does he think we don't notice? A recent New York Times report noted that combined budget deficits for 50 states are estimated to be between $52 billion and $82 billion, and the schools are taking the worst hit. In Oregon, 84 school districts closed their schools ahead of schedule - some by as much as a month -- because the money ran out. This comes at a time when schools are faced with mounting pressure to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind or face penalties. Now we see that states are cutting back on testing standards to avoid sanctions. In the President's home state of Texas, the State Board of Education voted to reduce the number of questions that students must answer correctly to pass the standard test, to 20 out of 36, from 24, for third-grade reading. And Texas is not alone. Michigan's standards had been among the nation's highest, which caused problems last year when 1,513 schools there were labeled under the law as needing improvement, more than in any other state. So Michigan officials lowered the percentage of students who must pass statewide tests to certify a school as making adequate progress. That reduced the number of schools "in need of improvement" to 216. In other words, we are dumbing down our standards so the Bush Administration can say we have strengthened our schools. Saying one thing, doing another. In my home state of Vermont, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a resolution last week expressing its concerns over the policies and mandates of No Child Left Behind. They noted that the law could cost Vermont up to three times more to implement than the federal government provides - and maybe more - "thereby placing a major burden on the state's strained financial resources." If this wasn't all bad enough, we learned last week that the U.S. Department of Education plans to spend a half-million dollars - yes, a half-million dollars! - on a public relations campaign aimed at quieting the critics of No Child Left Behind. During three decades in Congress, I have never heard of such an ad campaign. Yet as schools are cutting early education programs for lack of money, the President has no problem with assembling an eight-person "communications" team to try and make a bad plan look good. Saying one thing, doing another. In an age now driven by scientific and technological advances, American stud ents are falling behind. This is inexcusable. But despite warnings that have spanned three decades, we have done nothing to respond. "Before It's Too Late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics & Science Teaching for the 21st Century," released in 2000, highlighted that problem. Recent reports of the performance of our country's students from both the Third International Mathematics and Science Study and the National Assessment of Educational Progress echo a dismal message of lackluster performance. In December of 2000 I met with President-elect Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas to discuss education. He assured me that education would be his top priority. But his actions speak louder than his words and that promise clearly fell to the wayside long ago. The President says one thing, but does another. Perhaps this is most apparent when it comes to the environment. With a straight face he talks about protecting resources for our children -- even as he abandons the federal protection of land and air and water as fast as he can. Does he think we don't notice? The Bush Administration continues to protect special interests and ignore public support for strong environmental protections and conservation measures. Candidate Bush said in Septe~er of 2000: "With the help of Congress, environmental groups and industry we will require all power plants to meet clean air standards in order to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, mercury and carbon dioxide within a reasonable period of time." Those were heartening words for many of Unfortunately, just two months into his term, President Bush backed away from that statement, and abandoned his commitment to seek reductions in carbon dioxide which is the leading cause of global warming and climate change. And there has been no working together on anything. Saying one thing, and doing anether. >From the beginning, this Administration has relaxed environmental laws through de-regulation and lack of enforcement, and put forward legislative proposals long on public relations and short on substance. What ~kmericans really need now is relief from air pollution, and swift and serious action to avert global warming. We have a right to breathe air that is not contaminated by pollution. At a minimum, we have a right to full and vigorous implementation of laws already on the books, such as the Clean Air Act. The devastation caused by dirty air is staggering. As many as sixty thousand premature deaths each year are linked to air pollution, according to an American Cancer Society study and researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health. I was proud to work with the first President Bush on the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, when I was a Republican. I was proud to be chosen by the first President Bush as one of the lead Senate negotiators on that bill. He called our work, "a new chapter in our environmental history, and a new era for clean air." That was an example of what we could do - together - when we made a shared commitment to our environmental future. Now this President Bush insists on moving us backward, undoing his father's legacy and weakening our nation's environmental laws. This Hush Administration has put forward a plan mislabeled "Clear Skies." This bill weakens or eliminates current clean air programs, accelerates global warming, and saves only one-third of the lives that could be saved by the Clean Power Act. Worse, the Administration bill takes 20 years before its reduction targets are achieved. Does he think we won't notice? Well, we do notice. We do care. And it does matter. Some people might not have agreed with my decision to leave the GOP two years ago, but at least I did it for the reasons I said I did. I was honest about what brought me to that decision. What makes the actions of the Bush Administration so troublesome is the lack of honesty. It amounts, in the end, to a pattern of deception and distortion; ultimately that does not respect the wisdom of the American people. Thank you. WashTech, CWA ~ Marian Karr From: la/in Pfab [ipfab@avalon.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:25 AM To: Iowa City City Council Subject: 62303fw..White collar job exodus to increase, panelists warn: Wash Tech - Press Associates Union News Service WashTech Home page June 23, 2003 White collar job exodus to increase, panelists warn Press Associates Union News Service WASHINGTON -- Information technology workers in Connecticut saw their work sent to Bermuda. Massachusetts General Hospital transmits CAT scans of patients by computer for examination by radiologists--in Bombay. Workers in India entered New Jersey's welfare recipients' paperwork into computers, until an uproar brought those jobs to Newark, employing nine people. But New York City's parking tickets are sorted by computer techs in Ghana. And General Electric engineers, represented by IFPTE Local 147 in Schenectady, N.Y., saw some of their jobs transferred to Mexico--and that's despite the fact that they're unionized. These and other examples point up a growing trend: An exodus of white collar jobs overseas, just as factory jobs migrated to developing nations in previous decades, wimesses warned a House panel on June 18. And the transfer abroad of white-collar jobs leaves those jobless workers in the U.S., like their blue-collar colleagues, with few prospects here at home. "How do you retrain a chemical engineer?" one panelist asked the Small Business Committee. White-collar job migration, as companies shift to highly skilled but cheaper labor abroad, is growing, witnesses said. And it affects not just those workers, but everyone. "If these jobs leave, who will be left with the money to buy our products?" asked AFL- CIO Department of Professional Employees President Paul Almeida--a question the panel chair said is key. Almeida said, and other witnesses agreed, that studies show that in the next decade, 3.3 million white-collar jobs and $136 billion in wages could head offshore. By contrast, the nation's factories lost 2.5 million jobs, 15 percent of their workforce, in just the last three 6/24/03 WashTech, CWA Page 2 of 3 years. The white-collar exodus drew lawmakers' attention when witnesses pointed to policies that encourage the transfers. Almeida said they include U.S. tax and trade policy. Committee chairman Don Manzullo (R-Ill.), whose district includes the old Rockford arsenal, said the Defense Department aids the transfers. The Navy decided to service ships in Singapore, costing engineering jobs in the U.S. territory of Guam. That prompted Manzullo to insert a provision in the defense money bill to halt the practice, over the Pentagon's objections. "Corporations are shifting jobs in call centers, accounting, engineering, and computer and financial services, among others, offshore," said Almeida. "Some state and local governments have even begun to outsource administrative jobs, which is an outrage-ous use of taxpayers' dollars," citing the New Jersey case. "Short-sighted corporate policy focused on saving a few bucks in the short run will have an enormous deleterious impact on the entire U.S. economy if not checked soon," he warned. "Now engineers with PhDs and recent college graduates alike are hearing that they are too expensive, that their jobs can be done more cheaply abroad," he added--just like factory workers. Other than Almeida, witnesses had few solutions. Business witnesses favored stronger visa controls, but no more. The Bush administration advocated training and life-long re- education of workers. But other panelists pointed out that such training is useless if the white-collar jobs have migrated overseas. Almeida urged "targeted tax relief to companies that support their communities with decent jobs," not just tax breaks "negotiated on the assumption they would support local job creation." He also backed disclosure by call center workers of their names, employers and call center locations. Delta Airlines' call center, one other witness said, is now in the Philippines. "Customers have a right to know who is answering their call and where that person is located, just as they have a right to know the ingredients in a box of cereal," Almeida said. And the migration of white-collar jobs overseas also affects union organizing. That impact, along with the impact on white-collar workers whom it is targeting, led the Communications Workers to take the lead with DPE on the job exodus issue. For companies, "it's about profit," Almeida adds, citing a DeLoitte Research study predicting a shift of 2 million financial services jobs and $356 billion in operations by 2008, to cut costs by 45 percent. "There's no cost-savings to Americans" from that shift. "But the bottom line for us is there's nobody to organize if there's no jobs, no anything," Almeida said. 6/24/03 WashTech, CWA Page 3 of 3 More Info AFL-CIO testimony on offshoring of white collar jobs AFL-CIO June 23, 2003 WashTech testimony on offshoring of white collar jobs WashTech News June 23, 2003 6/24/03 MINUTES FINAL/APPROVED DEER TASK FORCE MEETING APRIL 15, 2003 LOBBY CONFERENCE ROOM - CIVIC CENTER IP10 MEMBERS PRESENT: Pat Farrant, Lezlie Hall, Jan Ashman, Mark Sandier, Pete Sidwell, Linda Dykstra, Harold Goff MEMBERS ABSENT: None. STAFF PRESENT: Lisa Mollenhauer OTHERS: Tim Thompson (IDNR) CALL TO ORDER Mollenhauer called the meeting to order at 5:50 P.M. RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL None. MEMBERSHIP Mollenhauer stated that the Task Fome needed to determine the Chair for 2003-2004. Farrant was unanimously appointed. Farrant mentioned the two vacancies - one at large and one biologist/scientist. Members are to solicit applications. Mollenhauer will post the vacancies on the City's web site and issue a news release. Two applicants from last year will also be added to the pool - Florence Boos and Roy Gentry. If applications are submitted within the next week or two, a special meeting will be called to appoint new members and an orientation conducted before the May 6 regular meeting. Farrant reminded Task Fome members of the duties and responsibilities. MEETING SCHEDULE The following dates have been selected for meetings: May 6, May 20, June 3, June 17, July 8. Meetings will be held at 6:00 pm in the Civic Center Lobby Conference Room. REVIEW OF DATA Population count. Thompson indicated deer numbers are up all over the State. In Iowa City jurisdiction only districts, 354 deer (44 deer per square mile) were counted compared to 135 (21 deer per square mile) in 2002. Marked areas of increase were Dubuque Street to Dodge Street, Dubuque Street to Hwy 1 (north of 1-80), Hickory Hill/ACT, and Iowa River south. Counts in Finkbine and the East Clear Creek districts also increased. Population numbers were slightly higher than what Task Force members anticipated. Goff said we are looking at 1.8 births per doe. So that won't quite double the population in a year. Goff said numbers on the north side of Iowa City look reminiscent to two years ago - groups of five and six rather than two and three. Deer Task Force Meeting Minutes April 15, 2003 Page 2 Thompson said Coralville's numbers are also up. Mollenhauer asked Thompson to request a population model from Willie Suchy. Deer-Vehicle Accidents. Numbers of accidents were down in 2002 to 39. Some of the decrease may be attributed to the decreased population for half of 2002 (due to sharpshooting in early 2002 and new births not occurring until May). Most accidents occurred between the end of September and the middle of December. Accidents have generally decreased in areas where shooting has occurred and increased in areas with no pressure. OTHER Farrant asked about complaints. Mollenhauer indicated she has received none. Thompson said as long as people think something is going on, they typically don't comment. Iowa City residents are aware there is a deer management / population reduction program in place. Dykstra spoke of a product that works fairly well in keeping deer and rabbits from gardens - based on smell. Members asked Mollenhauer to communicate with Kadn Franklin regarding mandatory screening requirements in residential areas. (Follow-up: Franklin indicated developers are free to choose plants appropriate for an area as long as they provide screening year-round. The City does not mandate specific plantings.] The Long-Term Plan was briefly discussed. Sandier said without reduction in the population last year and the increase in numbers, it seemed obvious what needed to be done. Members asked about financing. Mollenhauer indicated money allocated for the Deer Management Program was carried over to FY04. The Task Force will wait to discuss the Long-Term Plan in greater detail until/if new members are appointed. NEXT MEETING Tuesday, May 6, 6:00 pm, Lobby Conference Room. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 7:15 P.M. Minutes submitted by Lisa Mollenhauer City of Iowa City MEMORANDUM DATE: June 30, 2003 TO: City Council FROM: Administrative Assistant RE: July 3 Information Packet Due to an Information Packet going out today, there will not be an additional packet distributed July 3.